Jisho

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

Speed

Stroke order

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

5 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
jewel, ball
Kun:
たまたま--だま
On:
ギョク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
737 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 玉 【ギョク】 precious stone (esp. jade), egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping), stock or security being traded, product being bought or sold, position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer), geisha, time charge for a geisha, king (of the junior player)
  • 玉音 【ギョクオン】 the Emperor's voice, beautiful voice, beautiful sound
  • 珠玉 【シュギョク】 jewel, gem, gem (of a story, essay, etc.), accomplished work, beautiful piece
  • 居玉 【イギョク】 playing with one's king in its original starting position, sitting king

Kun reading compounds

  • 玉 【たま】 ball, sphere, globe, orb, bead (of sweat, dew, etc.), drop, droplet, ball (in sports), pile (of noodles, etc.), bullet, bulb (i.e. a light bulb), lens (of glasses, etc.), bead (of an abacus), ball (i.e. a testicle), gem, jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively), pearl, female entertainer (e.g. a geisha), person (when commenting on their nature), character, item, funds or person used as part of a plot, egg, okonomiyaki, coin, precious, beautiful, excellent
  • 卵 【たまご】 eggs, egg, spawn, roe, (hen's) egg, (an expert) in the making, beginning, origin, infancy
  • 埼玉 【さいたま】 Saitama (city, prefecture)
  • 勾玉 【まがたま】 magatama, comma-shaped bead from prehistoric Japan, usually made of jade

Readings

Japanese names:
おう、 だん
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu4
Korean:
og

Spanish

  • joya
  • esfera
  • bola
  • pelota

Portuguese

  • jóia
  • bola
  • gota

French

  • bijoux
  • balle
  • boule
64 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
48 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
102 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
610 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2923 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
103 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
732 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
204 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
295 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
295 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
575 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1313 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4289 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2166 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
262 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20821 Morohashi
3477 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3620 New Nelson (John Haig)
256 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
272 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
40 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
4f0.2 The Kanji Dictionary
4-5-1 SKIP code
1010.3 Four corner code
1-22-44 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7389 Unicode hex code