The kanji 毛: meaning, readings and stroke order

毛

Meaning: hair, fur
On reading: モウ mou
Kun reading: け ke
Strokes: 4
Radical: 毛 fur, hair
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lông, tóc (mao)
Japanese: け。
Korean: 털 (모)
Chinese: 毛、毛发

Readings, words and example sentences

モウ mou · on reading · less common

羊よう毛もう
wool
羊よう毛もうでセーターを作ります。
We make sweaters from wool.

け ke · kun reading

毛け
fur, hair
この犬は毛けが白いです。
This dog has white fur.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.