毫 (háo): hair, drawing brush, (in the) least
毫 (háo) is a Chinese character meaning “hair.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亠 (structural), 口 (structural), 冖 (structural) and 毛 (semantic). It ranks #879 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 毫 hair. Its radical form 毛 (fur) appears in many related characters such as 毛 (máo, hair), 毯 (tǎn, blanket).
Definitions
- hair
- drawing brush
- (in the) least
Etymology & Origin
pictophonetichair
Decomposition: ⿱⿳亠口冖毛 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 毫
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 毫无adverb | háo wú | not in the least | 6 |
| 毫不adverb | háo bù | hardly | 6 |
| 毫米measure | háo mǐ | millimeter | 6 |
| 毫升measure | háo shēng | milliliter | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毫无疑问phrase | háo wú yí wèn | certainty |
| 丝毫adjective | sī háo | the slightest amount or degree |
| 毫不犹豫 | háo bù yóu yù | without the slightest hesitation |
| 毫克noun | háo kè | milligram |
| 毫发noun | háo fà | a hair |
| 毫不留情phrase | háo bù liú qíng | to show no quarter |
| 毫不费力phrase | háo bù fèi lì | effortless |
| 毫毛noun | háo máo | fine hair (on the body) |
| 分毫noun | fēn háo | fraction |
| 毫不迟疑phrase | háo bù chí yí | without the slightest hesitation |
| 一丝一毫adjective | yī sī yī háo | one thread, one hair (idiom) |
| 毫秒noun | háo miǎo | millisecond, ms |
| 毫不客气 | háo bù kè qi | no trace of politeness |
| 明察秋毫phrase | míng chá qiū háo | lit. seeing clearly the downy feathers of autumn (idiom, from Mencius) |
| 毫米波noun | háo mǐ bō | millimeter wave (radio signal) |
毫 appears in 56 compound words: 61 as the first character, 18 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 毫 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (17)
Showing 12 of 17 idioms containing 毫.
Example Sentences
毫字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
háo zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "毫" is written is quite unique and left a deep impression on me.
...A及MT8821C 打造CTIA认证5G毫米波OTA测试系统
. . . A jí M T 8 8 2 1 C dǎ zào C T I A rèn zhèng 5 G háo mǐ bō O T A cè shì xì tǒng
...A and MT8821C to Build a CTIA-Certified 5G Millimeter-Wave OTA Test System
棱研科技MWC展毫米波相位阵列布局 聚焦多轨卫星通讯
léng yán kē jì M W C zhǎn háo mǐ bō xiāng wèi zhèn liè bù jú jù jiāo duō guǐ wèi xīng tōng xùn
Lingyan Technology MWC exhibition millimeter wave phase array layout focuses on multi-orbit satellite communication
...妇赴国会闭门作证 希拉里称对爱泼斯坦案“毫不知情”
. . . fù fù guó huì bì mén zuò zhèng xī lā lǐ chèn duì ài pō sī tǎn àn háo bù zhī qíng
... Woman testifies behind closed doors in Congress, Hillary says she has "no knowledge" about the Epstein case
伊朗高调备战 专家:美国这次很难毫发无伤
yī lǎng gāo diào bèi zhàn zhuān jiā : měi guó zhè cì hěn nán háo fā wú shāng
Iran's high-profile preparations for war Expert: It is difficult for the United States to come out unscathed this time
宇宙毫无疑问是无限的。
Yǔzhòu háowúyíwèn shì wúxiàn de.
There's no doubt: the universe is infinite.
失之毫厘，谬之千里。
Shī zhī háolí, miù zhī qiān lǐ.
Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.
谣言是毫无根据的。
Yáoyán shì háowú gēnjù de.
The rumors are unfounded.
简的美丽丝毫不逊色于她母亲。
Jiǎn de měilì sīháo bù xùnsè yú tā mǔqīn.
Jane is no less beautiful than her mother.
汤姆看起来毫发无损。
Tāngmǔ kànqǐlai háofà wú sǔn.
Tom looked like he was unfazed by that.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 毛 (hair) component
毛 Radical Family — Characters sharing the fur radical
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