茅

See also: 泖

茅 U+8305, 茅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8305 ← 茄 [U+8304] CJK Unified Ideographs 茆 → [U+8306]

Translingual

Han character

茅 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓戈竹 (TNIH), four-corner 4422₂, composition ⿱艹矛)

Derived characters

• 鶜 𡹰 𦽰 𧍟 𧓿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1026, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30836
• Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3199, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8305

Chinese

trad.		茅
simp. #		茅
alternative forms		茆

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (矛) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
堥	*muː, *mu
蓩	*muːʔ, *moːɡ
猱	*ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us
茅	*mruː
罞	*mruː, *muːŋ
蝥	*mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs
鶜	*mruː
瞀	*moːɡs, *mroːɡ
愗	*moːɡs
袤	*mus
雺	*mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs
懋	*mus
楙	*mus
矛	*mu
蟊	*mu
髳	*mu, *muːŋ
鍪	*mu
鞪	*mu, *moːɡ
糅	*ml'us
腬	*ml'us, *mlju
柔	*mlju
揉	*mju
蹂	*mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus
鍒	*mju
騥	*mju
蝚	*mju
葇	*mju, *mjuʔ
鞣	*mju, *mjus
鰇	*mju
瑈	*mju
鶔	*mju
楺	*mjuʔ
煣	*mjuʔ, *mjus
輮	*mjuʔ, *mjus
韖	*mjuʔ
敄	*moʔ, *mos
務	*moɡs
鶩	*moɡs, *moːɡ
騖	*moɡs
婺	*moɡs
霚	*moɡs, *moːŋ
嵍	*moɡs
霧	*moɡs, *moːŋ
霿	*moːŋ, *moːŋs
楘	*moːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mruː) : semantic 艹 (“plant”) + phonetic 矛 (OC *mu).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máo (mao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maau⁴
• Gan (Wiktionary): mau⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): màu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): mau²

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bao²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bâu / mâu / hm̂

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mao⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: máo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: máo
    • Wade–Giles: mao²
    • Yale: máu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mau
    • Palladius: мао (mao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maau⁴
    • Yale: màauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːu̯²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: mau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màu
    • Hakka Romanization System: mau^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mau²
    • Sinological IPA: /mau̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: mau²
    • Sinological IPA: /mau¹¹/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: bao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pau¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâu
    • Tâi-lô: bâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mâu
    • Tâi-lô: mâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mãu²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /mãu²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̂
    • Tâi-lô: hm̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hmm
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hm̩¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hm̩²³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /hm̩²⁴/

Note:

• bâu/mâu - literary;
• hm̂ - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: mao⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mâu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mau
    • MiniDict: mau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɔ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: maew

Rime
Character	茅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	莫交切
Baxter	maew
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠau/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚau/
Shao Rongfen	/mau/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨw/
Li Rong	/mau/
Wang Li	/mau/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mau/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	máo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤru/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mruː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	茅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	máo
Middle Chinese	‹ mæw ›
Old Chinese	/*C.mˁru/
English	kind of grass; "thatch"
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	茅
Reading #	1/1
No.	8803
Phonetic component	矛
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	茅
Old Chinese	/*mruː/

Definitions

茅

1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica) (often used as thatch)
2. (obsolete, metonymically) thatched cottage
3. (obsolete, figurative) Tao

   See also: 茅山

4. (obsolete) clear
5. (obsolete) to become damaged
6. (Cantonese, derogatory) not abiding by the rules; cheaty

   喂，你咁茅都得嘅？ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   wai³, nei⁵ gam³ maau⁴ dou¹ dak¹ ge²? [Jyutping]

   Hey! How could you cheat like that?

   茅招 [Cantonese]  ―  maau⁴ ziu¹ [Jyutping]  ―  dishonest tricks

   打茅波 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

   daa² maau⁴ bo¹ [Jyutping]

   to violate rules when playing ball games / to use dishonest tricks (by extension)

7. Alternative form of 旄 (máo)
8. (historical) An ancient state in modern Shandong
9. a surname

   茅于軾／茅于轼  ―  Máo Yúshì  ―  Mao Yushi

Synonyms

• (cogon grass):

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• 白茅 (báimáo)
• 茅仔草 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 茅根 (máogēn)
• 茅草 (máocǎo)
• 茅針 / 茅针 (máozhēn)

Compounds

• 三茅
• 三茅山
• 三顧茅廬 / 三顾茅庐 (sāngùmáolú)
• 仙茅 (xiānmáo)
• 分茅 (fēnmáo)
• 分茅胙土
• 分茅裂土
• 列土分茅
• 初出茅廬 / 初出茅庐 (chūchūmáolú)
• 前茅
• 包茅
• 名列前茅 (mínglièqiánmáo)
• 土階茅屋 / 土阶茅屋
• 土階茅茨 / 土阶茅茨
• 大茅埔
• 奸茅
• 打茅波
• 拔茅連茹 / 拔茅连茹
• 朴資茅斯
• 杜茅柴
• 發茅 / 发茅
• 白茅 (báimáo)
• 竹籬茅舍 / 竹篱茅舍
• 結茅 / 结茅
• 羊茅 (yángmáo)
• 茅土
• 茅坑 (máokēng)
• 茅坪 (Máopíng)
• 茅坪場 / 茅坪场 (Máopíngchǎng)
• 茅塔 (Máotǎ)
• 茅塞
• 茅塞頓開 / 茅塞顿开 (máosèdùnkāi)
• 茅室土階 / 茅室土阶
• 茅屋 (máowū)
• 茅山 (Máo Shān)
• 茅山道士
• 茅山道法
• 茅店
• 茅廁 / 茅厕
• 茅廁坑 / 茅厕坑
• 茅廁的磚 / 茅厕的砖
• 茅廁磚頭 / 茅厕砖头
• 茅廬 / 茅庐 (máolú)
• 茅廬三顧 / 茅庐三顾
• 茅房 (máofáng)
• 茅柴
• 茅柴酒
• 茅椽蓬牖
• 茅池
• 茅田 (Máotián)
• 茅社
• 茅箭 (Máojiàn)
• 茅簷 / 茅檐
• 茅簷土壁 / 茅檐土壁
• 茅紙 / 茅纸
• 茅膏菜
• 茅臺 / 茅台 (Máotái)
• 茅臺酒 / 茅台酒 (Máotáijiǔ)
• 茅舍 (máoshè)
• 茅苫
• 苞茅
• 苞茅不貢 / 苞茅不贡
• 茅草 (máocǎo)
• 茅茨
• 茅茹
• 茅茨不剪
• 茅茨土階 / 茅茨土阶
• 茅草棚
• 茅莓
• 茅蒲
• 茅蛇 (máoshé)
• 茅蜩
• 茅躉 / 茅趸
• 茅針 / 茅针 (máozhēn)
• 茅黍
• 草茅
• 草茅之臣
• 菁茅
• 蓬茅
• 藑茅 (qióngmáo)
• 衡茅
• 裂土分茅
• 誅茅 / 诛茅
• 頓開茅塞 / 顿开茅塞
• 香茅 (xiāngmáo)
• 黃茅瘴 / 黄茅瘴

Japanese

Kanji

茅

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. thatch

Readings

• Go-on: みょう (myō)^{←めう (meu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}
• Kun: かや (kaya, 茅)、ち (chi, 茅)、ちがや (chigaya, 茅)

Compounds

• 茅花(つばな) (tsubana)
• 茅蜩(ひぐらし) (higurashi), 茅蜩(ぼうちょう) (bōchō): evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
• 茅根(ぼうこん) (bōkon)
• 茅茨(ぼうし) (bōshi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
茅
ちがや Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
茅萱、白茅

Noun

茅(ちがや) or 茅(チガヤ) • (chigaya) 

1. cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
茅
かや Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
萱

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かや [káꜜyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ja̠]

Noun

茅(かや) • (kaya) 

1. general term for grasses and sedges used for thatching

Derived terms

• 茅葺(かやぶ)き (kayabuki)

Korean

Hanja

茅 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

茅: Hán Nôm readings: mao

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