mào

thick

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
艹 meaning component

  Meaning component

caocǎo

  

grass

is a component form of .

戊 sound component

  Sound component

  

5th heavenly stem

Evolution

茂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
茂 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
茂 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
茂 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
茂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

mào

thick, lush, dense; talented; luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene

Most common words with 茂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

luxuriant

茂盛

lush

茂密

lush

茂名

Maoming prefecture-level city in Guangdong

风华正茂

in one's prime