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More broadly, it can also represent vegetation growing from the earth, such as grasses or plants.

According to the Shuowen Jiezi (説文解字 shuōwén jiězì), the character 毛 (털 모) is an ideogram representing hair, modeled after the shapes of human eyebrows, scalp hair, or animal fur.

#74 — month, moon

#75 — tree, wood, wooden

#76 — yawn, deficiency

#77 — to stop, to cease, to halt

#78 — bare bones, the bones remaining after the meat has been cut away, bad

#79 — shu (an ancient Chinese weapon), a spear without a blade, a club

#80 — do not, don't, do not do, do not eat

#81 — to compare, to be side by side, to cling, to conspire, to connect

#82 — hair, fur

#83 — lineage, surname, clan

#84 — energy, air, vital force

#85 — water

#86 — fire, heat

#87 — nail, claw

#88 — father, elder member of the family

#89 — to interweave, to cross

#90 — a piece of split wood

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