• hair, fur;

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

Etymology

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.

터럭
teoreok
mo
Kangxi radical:82
Strokes:4
Unicode:U+6BDB
Cangjie input:
  • 竹手山 (HQU)
Composition:
  • ⿱ 丿 ⿻ 二 乚
Writing order
毛 Writing order

Neighboring radicals in the dictionary

References