茅

See also: 泖

茅	U+8305, 茅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8305

← 茄
[U+8304]

CJK Unified Ideographs

茆 →
[U+8306]

Translingual

Han character

茅 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓戈竹 (TNIH), four-corner 4422₂, composition ⿱艹矛)

Derived characters

鶜𡹰𦽰𧍟𧓿

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1026, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30836

Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 13

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3199, character 1

Unihan data for U+8305

Chinese

trad.		茅
simp. ^#		茅
alternative forms		茆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矛) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
堥	muː, mu
蓩	muːʔ, moːɡ
猱	ml'uː, mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	mruː, muːŋ
蝥	mruː, mu, mo, moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	moːɡs, mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	mus, mu, muːŋ, muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	mu, muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	mu, moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	ml'us, mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	mju, mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	mju, mjuʔ
鞣	mju, mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	mjuʔ, mjus
輮	mjuʔ, mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	moʔ, mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	moɡs, moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	moɡs, moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	moɡs, moːŋ
霿	moːŋ, moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mruː) : semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 矛 (OC *mu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): máo (mao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): mau⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): màu

(Meixian, Guangdong): mau²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bâu / mâu / hm̂

(Teochew, Peng'im): mao⁵
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶mau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: máo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: máo
  - Wade–Giles: mao²
  - Yale: máu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
  - Palladius: мао (mao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maau⁴
  - Yale: màauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: mau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màu
  - Hakka Romanization System: mauˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mau²
  - Sinological IPA: /mau̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mau²
  - Sinological IPA: /mau¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâu
  - Tâi-lô: bâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baau
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bau²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu
  - Tâi-lô: mâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: maau
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãu²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /mãu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂
  - Tâi-lô: hm̂
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hmm
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hm̩¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hm̩²³/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /hm̩²⁴/

Note:

bâu/mâu - literary;
hm̂ - vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mao⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁶mau
  - MiniDict: mau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²³/

Middle Chinese: maew

Rime
Character	茅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫交切
Baxter	maew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/mau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨw/
Li Rong	/mau/
Wang Li	/mau/
Bernard Karlgren	/mau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maau⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤru/

(Zhengzhang): /*mruː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	茅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	máo
Middle Chinese	‹ mæw ›
Old Chinese	/*C.mˁru/
English	kind of grass; "thatch"
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茅
Reading #	1/1
No.	8803
Phonetic component	矛
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	茅
Old Chinese	/*mruː/

Definitions

茅

cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica) (often used as thatch)
(obsolete, metonymically) thatched cottage
(obsolete, figurative) Tao
See also: 茅山
(obsolete) clear
(obsolete) to become damaged
(Cantonese, derogatory) not abiding by the rules; cheaty
喂，你咁茅都得嘅？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
wai³, nei⁵ gam³ maau⁴ dou¹ dak¹ ge²? [Jyutping]
Hey! How could you cheat like that?

茅招 [Cantonese] ― maau⁴ ziu¹ [Jyutping] ― dishonest tricks

打茅波 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
daa² maau⁴ bo¹ [Jyutping]
to violate rules when playing ball games / to use dishonest tricks (by extension)
Alternative form of 旄 (máo)
(historical) An ancient state in modern Shandong
a surname
茅于軾／茅于轼 ― Máo Yúshì ― Mao Yushi

Synonyms

(cogon grass):

白茅 (báimáo)
茅仔草 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
茅根 (máogēn)
茅草 (máocǎo)
茅針／茅针 (máozhēn)

Compounds

三茅
三茅山
三顧茅廬／三顾茅庐 (sāngùmáolú)
仙茅 (xiānmáo)
分茅 (fēnmáo)
分茅胙土
分茅裂土
列土分茅
初出茅廬／初出茅庐 (chūchūmáolú)
前茅
包茅
名列前茅 (mínglièqiánmáo)
土階茅屋／土阶茅屋
土階茅茨／土阶茅茨
大茅埔
奸茅
打茅波
拔茅連茹／拔茅连茹
朴資茅斯
杜茅柴
發茅／发茅
白茅 (báimáo)
竹籬茅舍／竹篱茅舍
結茅／结茅
茅土
茅坑 (máokēng)
茅坪 (Máopíng)
茅坪場／茅坪场 (Máopíngchǎng)
茅塞
茅塔 (Máotǎ)
茅塞頓開／茅塞顿开 (máosèdùnkāi)
茅室土階／茅室土阶
茅屋 (máowū)
茅山 (Máo Shān)
茅山道士
茅山道法
茅店
茅廁／茅厕
茅廁坑／茅厕坑
茅廁的磚／茅厕的砖
茅廁磚頭／茅厕砖头
茅廬／茅庐 (máolú)
茅廬三顧／茅庐三顾
茅房 (máofáng)
茅柴
茅柴酒
茅椽蓬牖
茅池
茅田 (Máotián)
茅社
茅箭 (Máojiàn)
茅簷／茅檐
茅簷土壁／茅檐土壁
茅紙／茅纸
茅膏菜
茅臺／茅台 (Máotái)
茅臺酒／茅台酒 (Máotáijiǔ)
茅舍 (máoshè)
苞茅
茅苫
苞茅不貢／苞茅不贡
茅茹
茅草 (máocǎo)
茅茨
茅茨不剪
茅茨土階／茅茨土阶
茅草棚
茅莓
茅蒲
茅蜩
茅躉／茅趸
茅針／茅针 (máozhēn)
茅黍
草茅
草茅之臣
菁茅
蓬茅
藑茅 (qióngmáo)
衡茅
裂土分茅
誅茅／诛茅
頓開茅塞／顿开茅塞
香茅 (xiāngmáo)
黃茅瘴／黄茅瘴

Japanese

Kanji

茅

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

thatch

Readings

Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
Kan-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
Kun: かや (kaya, 茅); ち (chi, 茅); ちがや (chigaya, 茅)

Compounds

茅蜩(ひぐらし) (higurashi), 茅蜩(ぼうちょう) (bōchō): evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

Korean

Hanja

茅 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

茅: Hán Nôm readings: mao

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