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茂

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luxuriant; (chemistry) cyclopentadiene

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Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
8
Radical
艸 +5
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
茂
Common rank
#2,257
Unicode
U+8302

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Formation & memory

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How 茂 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 meaning “grass” + 戊 sound ( wù )

Components 艹 戊

How to remember it

lush · Heisig RSH #367

parade + flower

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 茂

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WordPinyinMeaning
达尔罕茂明安联合旗 Dá ěr hǎn Mào míng ān lián hé qí Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头[Bao1 tou2], Inner Mongolia
风华正茂 fēng huá zhèng mào in one's prime
巴尔多禄茂 Bā ěr duō lù mào Bartholomew
茂南区 Mào nán Qū Maonan, a district of Maoming City 茂名市[Mao4 ming2 Shi4], Guangdong
茂名市 Mào míng Shì Maoming, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
根深叶茂 gēn shēn yè mào deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom); (fig.) well established and growing strongly
声情并茂 shēng qíng bìng mào (of a singer etc) excellent in voice and expression (idiom)
李重茂 Lǐ Chóng mào Li Chongmao, personal name of fifth Tang emperor Shang 唐殤帝|唐殇帝[Tang2 Shang1 Di4] (c. 695-7…
达茂旗 Dá Mào qí Darhan Muming'an united banner in Baotou 包頭|包头[Bao1 tou2], Inner Mongolia; abbr. for 達爾罕茂明…
茂县 Mào Xiàn Mao County or Maoxian, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州…
茂物 Mào wù Bogor (city in West Java)
茂南 Mào nán see 茂南區|茂南区[Mao4 nan2 Qu1]
金茂大厦 Jīn mào Dà shà Jin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai
茂宜岛 Mào yí Dǎo Maui, second-largest island of the Hawaiian archipelago
茂名 Mào míng see 茂名市[Mao4 ming2 Shi4]
茂密 mào mì dense (of plant growth); lush
茂亲 mào qīn one's capable and virtuous relatives
枝繁叶茂 zhī fán yè mào (of plants) to grow luxuriantly; (fig.) (of a family or business etc) to prosper; to flour…
茂才 mào cái see 秀才[xiu4 cai5]
茂盛 mào shèng lush