毫

See also: 亳

毫 U+6BEB, 毫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BEB ← 毪 [U+6BEA] CJK Unified Ideographs 毬 → [U+6BEC]

Translingual

Han character

毫 (Kangxi radical 82, 毛+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 難卜口月山 (XYRBU) or 卜口月山 (YRBU), four-corner 0071₄, composition ⿱⿳亠口冖毛)

Derived characters

• 𡐒 𢴅 𣻼 𤡇 𮁀 𧐢 𦹾

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 593, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16831
• Dae Jaweon: page 985, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1999, character 2
• Unihan data for U+6BEB

Chinese

simp. and trad.		毫
alternative forms		豪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
高	*kaːw
膏	*kaːw, *kaːws
篙	*kaːw
稿	*kaːwʔ
稾	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːws
槁	*kaːwʔ, *kʰaːwʔ
縞	*kaːwʔ, *kaːws
暠	*kaːwʔ
槀	*kaːwʔ
藁	*kaːwʔ
燺	*kʰaːwʔ
薧	*kʰaːwʔ, *kʰaːws, *qʰaːw
犒	*kʰaːws
蒿	*qʰaːw
藃	*qʰaːws, *qʰraːw, *qʰraw
豪	*ɡaːw
毫	*ɡaːw
壕	*ɡaːw
濠	*ɡaːw
鎬	*ɡaːwʔ
滈	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰraːwɢ
鄗	*ɡaːwʔ, *kʰraːw, *qʰaːwɢ
鰝	*ɡaːwʔ, *qʰaːwɢ
薃	*ɡaːwʔ
搞	*kruːʔ
敲	*kʰraːw, *kʰraːws
髇	*qʰraːw
嗃	*qʰraːw, *qʰraːws, *qʰaːwɢ
巐	*kʰl'awʔ
歊	*qʰraw, *qʰoːwɢ
謞	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰraːwɢ
熇	*qʰaːwɢ, *qʰoːwɢ, *qʰoːɡ
碻	*kʰraːwɢ
塙	*kʰraːwɢ
毃	*kʰraːwɢ
翯	*qʰraːwɢ, *ɡraːwɢ, *ɡoːwɢ
瀥	*qʰraːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): háo (hao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hao²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): hou⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): hau³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hò

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hau²

• Jin (Wiktionary): hau¹
• Northern Min (KCR): ǎu
• Eastern Min (BUC): hò̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hô / hô͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hao⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ghau / ²ghau
  • (Jinhua): ²au

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: háo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: háo
    • Wade–Giles: hao²
    • Yale: háu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haur
    • Palladius: хао (xao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hao²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xau²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hou⁴
    • Yale: hòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: hau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò
    • Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ho²
    • Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hau²
    • Sinological IPA: /hau¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hau¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xau¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǎu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ho⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô
    • Tâi-lô: hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ho¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hao⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hau⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ghau
    • MiniDict: ghau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦɔ²³/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Tongxiang, Haiyan, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²ghau
    • MiniDict: ghau^平
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ɦɔ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦæ²²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /ɦaɯ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɦɔ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /ɦɔ²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /ɦɔ³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɦɔ²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ɦɒ²³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɦɔ³¹³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ²au
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /ɑu³¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 毫
Mandarin	Beijing	/xɑu³⁵/
	Harbin	/xau²⁴/
	Tianjin	/xɑu⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/xɔ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/xɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/xau⁴²/
	Xi'an	/xau²⁴/
	Xining	/xɔ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/xɔ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/xɔ⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/xɔ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/xau²¹³/
	Chengdu	/xau³¹/
	Guiyang	/xao²¹/
	Kunming	/xɔ³¹/
	Nanjing	/xɔo²⁴/
	Hefei	/xɔ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/xau¹¹/
	Pingyao	/xɔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/xɔ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦæ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦɔ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ɦɜ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/xɔ⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/xə⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/xau¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ɦaɯ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/hɑu²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/hau¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/ho¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/hou²¹/
	Nanning	/hu²¹/
	Hong Kong	/hou²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/ho³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/ho⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/au²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/hau⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/hau³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: haw

Rime
Character	毫
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	胡刀切
Baxter	haw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦaw/
Li Rong	/ɣɑu/
Wang Li	/ɣɑu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	háo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hou4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ˤaw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡaːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	毫
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	háo
Middle Chinese	‹ haw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ˁaw/
English	fine animal hair
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	毫
Reading #	1/1
No.	3748
Phonetic component	高
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	豪
Old Chinese	/*ɡaːw/

Definitions

毫

1. fine hair
2. writing brush
3. (especially in the negative) slightest bit; least amount
4. a measure of length, equal to 100 micrometres
5. [from 19th c., officially from 1981 (PRC), 1985 (ROC)] milli- (SI unit prefix)
6. a unit of weight equal to one tenth of a 釐 (lí, “cash”)
7. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) 0.0001 dollars, yuan, etc.; 0.01 cents, fen, etc. (currency unit)
8. (Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew) one tenth of a yuan or dollar; 10 cents; dime

   九蚊九毫九 [Cantonese]  ―  gau² man¹ gau² hou⁴ gau² [Jyutping]  ―  9 dollars and 99 cents

   六毫幾／六毫几 [Cantonese]  ―  luk⁶ hou⁴ gei² [Jyutping]  ―  60-something cents

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 角 (“ten cents; dime”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		角
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	毛
	Taiwan	毛
	Harbin	毛
	Singapore	毛
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	毛
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	毛
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	毛
	Xi'an	毛, 角
	Xining	毛, 角
	Xuzhou	毛, 角
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	毛
	Ürümqi	毛
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	角, 毛
	Wuhan	角
	Guiyang	角, 毛
	Guilin	毛
	Liuzhou	毛
	Nanning (Wuming)	角
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	毛
	Yangzhou	角, 毛
	Nantong	角
	Hefei	毛, 角
Cantonese	Guangzhou	毫子, 毫, 角
	Hong Kong	毫子, 毫
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	毫子
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	毫
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	毫子
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	毫子
	Macau	毫子
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	毫子
	Foshan	毫子
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	毫
	Foshan (Shunde)	毫子
	Foshan (Sanshui)	毫子
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	毫子
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	毫子
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	毫子
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	毫
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	毫
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	毫
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	毫
	Taishan	毫, 毫子
	Kaiping (Chikan)	毫
	Enping (Niujiang)	毫
	Heshan (Yayao)	毫子
	Dongguan	毫子
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	毫子
	Shaoguan	毫子, 毫
	Yunfu	毫
	Yangjiang	毫子, 毫
	Yangjiang (Yangdong)	角
	Yangdong (Yashao)	角
	Yangchun	毫
	Yangxi	角, 毫
	Xinyi	毫子
	Lianjiang	毫子
	Nanning	毫子
	Wuzhou	毫子
	Yulin	角
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	角子
	Beihai	角
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	毫, 角
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	毫
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	角
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	角
	Singapore (Guangfu)	毫, 毫子
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	十錢
	Móng Cái	毫
Gan	Nanchang	角
	Lichuan	角
	Pingxiang	角
Hakka	Meixian	毫, 毫子, 角
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	毫子
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	毫子
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	毫子
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	毫子
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	毫子
	Yudu	角
	Shicheng	角
	Shangyou (Shexi)	角
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	角
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	角
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	角
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	角
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	角
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	毫
	Hong Kong	毫
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	角
	Senai (Huiyang)	角
Huizhou	Jixi	角
Jin	Taiyuan	毛
	Xinzhou	毛
Northern Min	Jian'ou	角
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	角
	Fuqing	角囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	角
	Quanzhou	角
	Zhangzhou	角
	Tainan	角
	Penang (Hokkien)	鈸
	Singapore (Hokkien)	角
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	毛
	Chaozhou	角, 毫
	Shantou	角, 毫
	Bangkok (Teochew)	角
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	角
	Singapore (Teochew)	角
	Wenchang	角
	Haikou	角
	Singapore (Hainanese)	角
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	毫子
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	毫紙
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	毫子, 角
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	毛
Wu	Shanghai	角
	Shanghai (Chongming)	角
	Suzhou	角
	Danyang	角
	Wenzhou	角
	Jinhua	角
Xiang	Changsha	角, 毛
	Loudi	毛
	Shuangfeng	角
	Quanzhou	角, 毛

Descendants

• → Classical Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠤ (qou)
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠤ (qou)
• → Thai: เครา (krao)

See also

SI prefix
Last		Next
釐	毫	微 (wēi)

Chinese historical small numbers
Value	Character	Notes
10-1	分 (fèn)	Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
10-2	厘 (lí), 釐 (lí)	Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
10-3	毫 (háo)	Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo).
10-4	絲 / 丝 (sī)	Rarely used today.
	秒 (miǎo)	Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
10-5	忽 (hū)	Rarely used today.
10-6	微 (wēi)	Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
10-7	纖 / 纤 (xiān)	Obsolete.
10-8	沙 (shā)	Obsolete.
10-9	塵 / 尘 (chén)	Obsolete. 納 / 纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-.
10-10	埃 (āi)	Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m).
10-11	渺 (miǎo)	Obsolete.
10-12	漠 (mò)	Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-.

Compounds

• 一分一毫 (yīfēnyīháo)
• 一絲一毫 / 一丝一毫 (yīsīyīháo)
• 一釐一毫
• 不差毫釐
• 不差毫髮 / 不差毫发
• 兔毫
• 兔毫竹管
• 公毫
• 兼毫
• 分毫 (fēnháo)
• 分毫不差
• 分毫不爽
• 分毫無損 / 分毫无损
• 分釐毫絲 / 分釐毫丝
• 利析秋毫
• 剛毫筆 / 刚毫笔
• 含毫
• 揮毫 / 挥毫 (huīháo)
• 明察秋毫 (míngchá qiūháo)
• 明鑑秋毫 / 明鉴秋毫
• 析毫剖釐
• 柔毫
• 毫不 (háobù)
• 毫不介意
• 毫不做作
• 毫不在乎
• 毫不在意
• 毫不思量
• 毫不掩飾 / 毫不掩饰
• 毫不為備 / 毫不为备
• 毫不猶豫 / 毫不犹豫
• 毫不留情 (háobùliúqíng)
• 毫不相干
• 毫不費力 / 毫不费力 (háobùfèilì)
• 毫不遜色 / 毫不逊色
• 毫不遲疑 / 毫不迟疑 (háobùchíyí)
• 毫伏
• 毫侖目 / 毫仑目
• 毫光
• 毫克 (háokè)
• 毫分縷析 / 毫分缕析
• 毫升 (háoshēng)
• 毫子 (háozi)
• 毫安 (háo'ān)
• 毫巴 (háobā)
• 毫帛
• 毫微米
• 毫末
• 毫末之利
• 毫毛 (háomáo)
• 毫毛不犯
• 毫洋
• 毫無 / 毫无 (háowú)
• 毫無二致 / 毫无二致 (háowú'èrzhì)
• 毫無忌憚 / 毫无忌惮
• 毫無所懼 / 毫无所惧
• 毫無所知 / 毫无所知
• 毫無機心 / 毫无机心
• 毫無異義 / 毫无异义
• 毫無疑問 / 毫无疑问 (háowúyíwèn)
• 毫無疑義 / 毫无疑义 (háowúyíyì)
• 毫無眉目 / 毫无眉目
• 毫無節制 / 毫无节制
• 毫無聲息 / 毫无声息
• 毫無章法 / 毫无章法
• 毫秒 (háomiǎo)
• 毫端
• 毫米 (háomǐ)
• 毫米波 (háomǐbō)
• 毫素
• 毫翰
• 毫芒
• 毫釐 (háolí)
• 毫釐不爽
• 毫釐之差
• 毫釐千里
• 毫針 / 毫针
• 毫飛墨噴 / 毫飞墨喷
• 毫髮 / 毫发
• 毫髮不差 / 毫发不差
• 毫髮不爽 / 毫发不爽
• 毫髮無損 / 毫发无损
• 狼毫 (lángháo)
• 白毫 (báiháo)
• 白毫之賜 / 白毫之赐
• 秋毫 (qiūháo)
• 秋毫不犯
• 秋毫之末
• 秋毫無犯 / 秋毫无犯 (qiūháowúfàn)
• 秤毫 (chèngháo)
• 紫毫
• 絲毫 / 丝毫 (sīháo)
• 絲毫不差 / 丝毫不差
• 絲毫不爽 / 丝毫不爽
• 絲毫無損 / 丝毫无损
• 纖毫 / 纤毫
• 羊毫 (yángháo)
• 耳毫
• 蒜毫 (suànháo)
• 軟毫 / 软毫
• 錙毫 / 锱毫
• 霜毫
• 頰上添毫 / 颊上添毫

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 毫

毫

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ごう (gō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō)
• Kun: すこし (sukoshi, 毫し)

Compounds

• 白毫(びゃくごう) (byakugō): urna

Korean

Hanja

毫 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)

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Vietnamese

Han character

毫: Hán Nôm readings: hào

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