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thatch

HSK 7 N1
Nature →Plants →Grasses
máo
ボウ、ミョウ
かや、ちがや
모
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 矛 represents the sound.
Components
艹 grass (top)+ 矛 spear =
茅 thatch
艹 Meaning component
cao grass (top)
grass
艹 is a component form of 艸.
矛 Phonetic component
máo spear
spear, lance
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Notes
Similar Characters
春 springtime甍 rafters supporting roof盖 hide (simp)着 arrive/wear繭 cocoon (trad/jp)艺 art (simp)艻 sweet basil艽 a root艾 Chinese mugwort艿 taro节 knot (simp)芄 Metaplexis stauntoni芊 exuberant and vigorous芋 taro芍 peony芎 a kind of herb芏 Cyperus malaccensis芑 white millet芒 mango芗 fragrant smell of grain (simp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
茅
Regular
Modern
Chinese
茅 [Máo]
surname Mao
茅 [máo]
reeds; rushes
Japanese
茅 、 萱 かや 同音
noun grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
茅 、 茅萱 、 白茅 ちがや 、 ち 、 チガヤ 同音
noun usually kana cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
茅 かや
Kaya female given namesurname
茅 ちがや
Chigaya female given name
茅 めぐむ
Megumu female given name
CHINESE WORDS (69)
茅台 [Máo​tái] #12,008
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
茅台 [Máo​tái] #12,008
Maotai town in Renhuai county, Guizhou
茅屋 [máo​wū] #20,775
thatched cottage
名列前茅 [míng​liè​qián​máo] #29,386
to rank among the best
达特茅斯 [Dá​tè​máo​sī] #23,569
Dartmouth (place name)
达特茅斯 [Dá​tè​máo​sī] #23,569
Dartmouth (place name)
普利茅斯 [Pǔ​lì​máo​sī] #28,895
Plymouth
初出茅庐 [chū​chū​máo​lú] #33,478
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
初出茅庐 [chū​chū​máo​lú] #33,478
venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom)
茅台酒 [máo​tái​jiǔ] #21,588
maotai (a Chinese liquor)
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JAPANESE WORDS (21)
茅 [かや] #43,315
grass used for thatching
茅場 [かやば] #71,229
hayfield
蜩 [ヒグラシ] #75,709
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
茅屋 [ぼうおく] #83,937
thatched cottage
茅葺き [かやぶき] #87,620
thatching a roof (with grass)
粽 [ちまき] #95,108
rice cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
浅茅 [あさじ] #124,157
sparsely growing cogon grass
茅の輪 [ちのわ] #145,909
cogon grass ring (through which people pass during summer purification rites)
刈萱 [かるかや] #196,600
Themeda triandra var. japonica (variety of kangaroo grass)
茅台酒 [マオタイしゅ] #215,781
maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)
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