毫

háo

h+áo·2nd tone

hair · drawing brush

Radical: 毛 Strokes: 11

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

毛毡毳毯氅毵氍氆毹毽氇毪

Same radical

毛毡毳毯氅毵氍氆毹毽氇毪

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Character Decomposition

毫=亠+口+冖+毛

Etymology

hair

Meanings

hair

drawing brush

(in the) least

one thousandth

currency unit, 0.1 yuan

háo

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Words with 毫 144 total

fraction · slightest difference · hairsbreadth分毫fēn háo to dip the pen into ink · to write濡毫rú háo fine hair grown by animals (or down grown by birds) in the fall · (fig.) sth barely discernible · the slightest thing · the minutest detail秋毫qiū háo the slightest amount or degree · a bit丝毫sī háo centigram公毫gōng háo to write or draw with a brush · to put pen to paper · to write挥毫huī háo hardly · not in the least · not at all毫不háo bù milligram毫克háo kè milliliter毫升háo shēng milliampere毫安háo ān millibar (mbar or mb), unit of pressure (equal to hectopascal)毫巴háo bā (prefix) nano-毫微háo wēi fine hair (on the body); down · (often used figuratively as in dòng háo máo "to harm sb in the slightest way")毫毛háo máo

Idioms with 毫 62 total Chain

the slightest difference leads to a huge error (idiom) · a miss is as good as a mile差之毫厘，谬以千里chā zhī háo lí , miù yǐ qiān lǐ the slightest difference leads to a huge loss (idiom) · a miss is as good as a mile差之毫厘，失之千里chā zhī háo lí , shī zhī qiān lǐ

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