HSK 1 · Shopping & money

毛

máo

ten cents (spoken)

Stroke order of 毛

毛 is written with 4 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

It looks like a tuft of hair with a curving stem.

Parts: pictograph of a hair or feather

Example sentence

这个多少钱？五毛。

How much is this? Fifty cents.

Words with 毛

毛病fault; problem; illness

More words: Shopping & money

买to buy 钱money 钱包wallet 块yuan (unit of money, spoken)元yuan 贵expensive 商店shop; store 商场shopping mall 东西thing; stuff 票ticket 门票admission ticket 书店bookstore 包bag; to wrap

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