茅

máo

surname Mao

Radical: 艹 Strokes: 8

Structure: Top small, bottom largeFrequency: Common

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏

Same radical

花节草落营英药苦菜蒙荣藏薄荒若

Stroke Order · 8 strokes (click to expand)

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Character Decomposition

茅=艹+矛

Etymology

grass

Meanings

surname Mao

Máo

reeds

rushes

máo

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Idioms with 茅 23 total

lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom); fig. also involving others · inextricably tangled together · Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.拔茅连茹bá máo lián rú venturing from one's thatched hut for the first time (idiom) · young and inexperienced · novice · greenhorn初出茅庐chū chū máo lú