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毛

4 strokes
Radical:
fur, hair 毛
Parts:
毛
fur, hair, feather, down
Kun:
け
On:
モウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N2
1179 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 毛 【モウ】 one-thousandth, 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun), 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari), 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme), old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
  • 毛皮 【ケガワ】 fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical
  • 不毛 【フモウ】 barren, sterile, infertile, unproductive (e.g. discussion), fruitless
  • 再生毛 【サイセイモウ】 recycled wool, reclaimed wool

Kun reading compounds

  • 毛 【け】 hair, fur, wool, down, plumage, feathers
  • 毛皮 【けがわ】 fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical
  • お毛毛 【おけけ】 pubic hair
  • 猫っ毛 【ねこっけ】 fine, soft hair

Readings

Japanese names:
めん、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mao2
Korean:
mo

Spanish

  • pelaje
  • vello
  • pluma
  • cultivo
  • producción

Portuguese

  • peles
  • cabelo
  • pena
  • abaixo

French

  • pilosité
  • pelage
  • cheveux
  • plumage
  • duvet
142 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
230 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
210 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
521 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2473 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
125 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
661 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
117 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
287 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
287 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
490 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1147 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4264 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2152 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2904 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1932 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
16772 Morohashi
3453 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3013 New Nelson (John Haig)
1913 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2062 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
103 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2256 2001 Kanji
0a4.33 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-3 SKIP code
4-4-4 SKIP code
2-1-3 SKIP code
2071.4 Four corner code
1-44-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6bdb Unicode hex code

彫

11 strokes
Radical:
bristle, beard 彡
Parts:
冂 口 土 彡
carve, engrave, chisel
Kun:
ほ.る、 -ぼ.り
On:
チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1533 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 彫刻 【チョウコク】 carving, engraving, sculpture
  • 彫金 【チョウキン】 chasing, metal carving, metal engraving
  • 木彫 【モクチョウ】 wood carving, wooden sculpture, woodcraft

Kun reading compounds

  • 彫る 【ほる】 to carve, to engrave, to sculpt, to chisel, to tattoo

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
diao1
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • esculpir
  • grabar
  • cincelar

Portuguese

  • cinzelar
  • esculpir
  • cinzel

French

  • sculpter
  • graver
  • ciseler
1590 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1366 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
236 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1167 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1274 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1412 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1149 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1202 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1358 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
617 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2117 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1104 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1503 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1726 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9995P Morohashi
1683 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1719 New Nelson (John Haig)
1710 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1846 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1430 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3660 2001 Kanji
3j8.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-3 SKIP code
7222.2 Four corner code
1-36-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f6b Unicode hex code