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袤

mào

Character

What 袤 means

1. length
2. distance from north to south

Example sentences

• 撒哈拉沙漠广袤无垠。
  Sǎhālā Shāmò guǎngmào wúyín.
  The Sahara is a vast desert.

Words containing 袤

• 广袤guǎng màovast

Characters built on 矛

These share the phonetic component 矛 (máo), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 茅máoreeds; rushes
• 蟊máoSpanish fly; grain-eating grub
• 楙màoCydonia japonica

Characters that look like 袤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 晨chénmorning; dawn; daybreak
• 衰shuāi(bound form) to decay; to decline; to wane
• 衷zhōnginner feelings
• 巢cháonest
• 粟sùmillet; (metonym) grain
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear

Sounds the same

Read mào, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 冒to emit; to give off; to send out (or up, forth); to brave; to face; (bound form) reckless
• 帽hat; cap
• 貌(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form
• 贸commerce; trade
• 茂luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene
• 懋to be hardworking; luxuriant; splendid
• 瑁(jade)
• 耄extremely aged (in one's 80s or 90s); octogenarian; nonagenarian
• 芼select; vegetables
• 眊having poor eyesight
• 瞀indistinct vision; dim
• 楙Cydonia japonica