髦 (máo): bang (hair), fashionable, mane

髦 (máo) is a Chinese character meaning “bang (hair).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 髟 (semantic) and 毛 (phonetic). It ranks #2824 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 髦 hair. Its radical form 髟 (hair) appears in many related characters.

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 髟 hair14 strokesFrequency #2824髟 semantic毛 phonetic

Definitions

  1. bang (hair)
  2. fashionable
  3. mane

Etymology & Origin

髦

pictophonetichair

Decomposition: ⿱髟毛 (layout: top-bottom)

Components:髟semantic毛phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
时髦shí máoin vogue
赶时髦gǎn shí máoto keep up with the latest fashion
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Total compounds
0
As first character
100
As last character
0
As middle character

髦 appears in 2 compound words: 0 as the first character, 100 as the last, and 0 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 髦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

曹cáo
0.498900 co-occurrences
扮bàn
0.400198 co-occurrences
时shí
0.3982,153 co-occurrences
朽xiǔ
0.38436 co-occurrences
赶gǎn
0.35248 co-occurrences
俊jùn
0.341138 co-occurrences
穿chuān
0.336162 co-occurrences
衣yī
0.315114 co-occurrences
祖zǔ
0.314216 co-occurrences
魏wèi
0.29372 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

髦字在日常生活中使用频率较低。

máo zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .

The character "髦" is not commonly used in everyday life.

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在Costco买四款苹果新品 时髦又省钱

zài C o s t c o mǎi sì kuǎn píng guǒ xīn pǐn shí máo yòu shěng qián

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...告 全新H691、Hyperlight时髦亮相

. . . gào quán xīn H 6 9 1 , H y p e r l i g h t shí máo liàng xiāng

...Announcement: The all-new H691 and Hyperlight make their stylish debut

Tatoeba

虽然时髦一点，但是价钱太大！

Suīrán shímáo yīdiǎn, dànshì jiàqian tài dà!

It's kind of in vogue, but the price is too much!

Tatoeba

你可能认为那些鞋子很时髦, 但是他们不是。

Nǐ kěnéng rènwéi nàxiē xiézi hěn shímáo, dànshì tāmen bù shì.

You may think those shoes are in fashion, but they aren't.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced máo

猫māo毛máo矛máo茅máo茂mào冒mào贸mào帽mào貌mào

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 髦 (máo) mean in Chinese?
髦 (máo) primarily means "bang (hair)." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2824 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 髦 and 耗?
髦 (máo) and 耗 (hào) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 髟 vs 耒 (same 毛 component).
How many strokes does 髦 have?
髦 is written with 14 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 髦?
The radical associated with 髦 is 髟 (hair). This radical appears in many characters related to hair.
What are the components of 髦?
髦 is composed of: 髟 (semantic), 毛 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱髟毛 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 髦?
Common words with 髦 include: 时髦 (shí máo, "in vogue"); 赶时髦 (gǎn shí máo, "to keep up with the latest fashion"). There are over 2 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 髦 (máo)?
Several characters share the pronunciation máo: 猫 (cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1])), 毛 (hair), 矛 (spear), 茅 (reeds), and 5 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 髦 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 髦 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.