The Chinese Radical: 毛


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Meaning
fur    毛

Explanation A tuft of hair 彡 is shown.

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

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

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