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
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bâu / mâu / hm̂

(Teochew, Peng'im): mao⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mau

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 Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: màu
  - Hakka Romanization System: mauˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mau²
  - Sinological IPA: /mau̯¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mau²
  - Sinological IPA: /mau¹¹/
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/

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/
Bernard 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

cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica) (often used as thatch)
(obsolete, metonymically) thatched cottage
(obsolete, figurative) Tao
See also: 茅山
(obsolete) clear
(obsolete) to become damaged
(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)
Alternative form of 旄 (máo)
(historical) An ancient state in modern Shandong
a surname
茅于軾／茅于轼 ― Máo Yúshì ― Mao Yushi

Synonyms

(cogon grass):

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

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

茅

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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

茅蜩(ひぐらし) (higurashi), 茅蜩(ぼうちょう) (bōchō): evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
茅
ちがや Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
茅萱、白茅

チガヤ on Japanese Wikipedia

Noun

茅(ちがや) or 茅(チガヤ) • (chigaya)

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).

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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