The Radical: 毛

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fur    毛

Explanation

Used in these Kanji:
笔
JLPT HSK 2
 pencil, pen, writing brush
bǐ
Top: bamboo 竹, below: hair 毛
Made of bamboo and at the end a tuft of hair: the brush or pencil.
 竹 毛
Vocabulary
毛
JLPT HSK 4
 hair, feather, down
máo

Image of a bunch of hair
 毛
Vocabulary
毫
JLPT HSK 5
 hair, drawing brush, milli..., 1/1000
háo
Top: variant of high 高 (guard tower), bottom: hair 毛
As high as a hair: the hair or 1 millimeter.
 高 毛
Vocabulary
尾
JLPT HSK 5
 tail, remainder, remnant, extremity
wěi
Top: buttock 尸 (in side-view), bottom: hair 毛
At the back, the hair turns into: a tail.
 尸 毛
Vocabulary
毯
JLPT HSK 5
 blanket, rug, carpet
tǎn
Left: hair, feather 毛, right: flame, inflammation 炎
It is made of wool and underneath it is as hot as flames: The blanket.
 毛 炎
Vocabulary
髦
JLPT HSK 5
 bangs (hair), fashionable, mane
máo
Top: mane 髟 (=long 長 hair 彡), bottom: hair, feathers 毛
Mane-like hair are are real mane and even: fashionable.
 髟 毛
Vocabulary
耗
JLPT HSK 6
 decrease, to waste, squander, spend, wear and tear
hào
Left: 耒 (tree 木 with many branches), right: hair 毛
A tree as with hair shows its: decrease.
 耒 毛
Vocabulary
毡
JLPT no HSK
 felt (fabric)
zhān
Left: wool 毛, right: fortunetelling 占 (Here: hammer with handle 卜 and body 口)
The wool is worked with a hammer until it is: felt.
 毛 占
Vocabulary
撬
JLPT no HSK
 to pry open, to lever open, to lift
qiào
Left: hand 扌/手, right: triple hair 毛
The hand that makes one hair into two hair has pried open.
 扌 毛
Vocabulary
娓
JLPT no HSK
 enchanting, agreeable, active, comply with
wěi
Left: woman 女, right: tail, remainder 尾 (The hair 毛 at the buttocks 尸)
Women with (horse)tails can be enchanting.
 女 尸 毛
Vocabulary

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