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毛 — hair; feather; down

hair; feather; down; wool; mildew; mold; coarse or semifinished

Pinyin
máo · Máo
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — máo, Máo — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 毛: 4 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

毛 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 毛 in the HSK syllabus: 9

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 毛máohair; feather; down; wool; mildew; moldHSK 3
  2. 羽毛球yǔmáoqiúbadminton; shuttlecockHSK 3
  3. 毛巾máojīntowelHSK 4
  4. 毛衣máoyīsweaterHSK 4
  5. 毛笔máobǐwriting brushHSK 5
  6. 毛病máobìngfault; defect; shortcomings; ailmentHSK 5
  7. 眉毛méimaoeyebrowHSK 6
  8. 凤毛麟角fèngmáo-línjiǎolit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn hornsHSK 7–9
  9. 一毛不拔yìmáo-bùbáunwilling to spare a single hair; extremely stingyHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.