Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N2

1179 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: fur, hair, feather, down

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: モウ

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: fur, hair

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

布(もうふ)   blanket

筆(もうひつ)   (writing) brush

(うもう)   feathers, plumage, down,

(ようもう)   wool,

(じゅんもう)   100 % wool

(ふもう)   sterile, barren, unproductive [n.]

(け)   hair, fur

糸(けいと)   knitting wool

髪の(かみのけ)   hair (on the head)

(はなげ)   nose hair

(あかげ)   red hair

Onyomi Examples

モウ one-thousandth, 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun), 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari), 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme), old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)

ケガワ fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical

フモウ barren, sterile, infertile, unproductive (e.g. discussion), fruitless

再生 サイセイモウ recycled wool, reclaimed wool

Kunyomi Examples

hair, fur, wool, down, plumage, feathers

けがわ fur, skin, pelt, kanji "fur" radical

おけけ pubic hair

猫っ ねこっけ fine, soft hair