Kanji N2

毛: fur, hair, feather

毛 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning fur, hair, feather, written with 4 strokes. It is read モウ (on) and け (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 2. You will see it in 毛 (け, hair) and 毛布 (もうふ, blanket).

毛

Meanings

  • fur
  • hair
  • feather
  • down
Strokes4
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 2
Frequency#1179 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • モウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • け

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Common words with 毛

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 毛け

    hair

    JLPT N4
  • 毛布もうふ

    blanket

    JLPT N3
  • 毛皮けがわ

    fur; skin; pelt

    JLPT N2
  • 髪の毛かみのけ

    hair (on the head); (a) hair

    JLPT N3
  • 毛糸けいと

    knitting wool; woolen yarn; woollen yarn

    JLPT N2
  • 羊毛ようもう

    wool

    JLPT N2
  • 羽毛うもう

    feather; plume; plumage; down

  • 不毛ふもう

    barren; sterile; infertile

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.