háo

fine hair

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
高 sound,remnant component

  Sound Remnant component

gāo

  

high

毛 meaning component

  Meaning component

máo

  

hair

Evolution

毫 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
毫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

háo

fine hair; measure of length; hair; drawing brush; (in the) least; one thousandth; currency unit, 0.1 yuan

Most common words with 毫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

毫无

not in the least

毫无疑问

certainty

hair

丝毫

a bit

毫不

hardly