髦 meaning and stroke order
Fashionable, in vogue; mane, flowing hair
How to write 髦, stroke by stroke
14 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 髦
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- bang (hair)
- fashionable
- mane
How 髦 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Hair.
髟 gives the meaning and 毛 hints at the sound.
Radical: 髟 (long hair), shared by 21 characters on this site.
How to remember 髦
髦 is 髟 (long flowing hair) on top of 毛 (máo, hair or fur), so it is all hair. The bottom 毛 also gives the sound máo, and you can picture a stylish head of hair that is always in fashion.
Today 髦 almost only appears in the word 时髦 (shímáo), meaning fashionable or trendy. It can describe clothes, people, or ideas. Example: 她穿得很时髦。(Tā chuān de hěn shímáo.) She dresses very fashionably.
Common mistake: Learners often write 时毛 instead of 时髦 because both are read máo. Remember that the fashion word needs the hair radical 髟 on top. Also keep the second tone. In 时髦 it is shímáo, not a neutral tone.
Common words with 髦
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 时髦 | shímáo | in vogue; fashionable | HSK 7-9 |
髦 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 髦
How many strokes are in 髦?
髦 is written with 14 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 髦 mean?
髦 (máo) means fashionable, in vogue; mane, flowing hair. A common word with it is 时髦 (shímáo), meaning "in vogue; fashionable".
How do you pronounce 髦?
髦 is pronounced máo, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 髦?
The radical of 髦 is 髟, which carries the idea of "long hair". Dictionaries list 髦 under this radical.
Is 髦 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 髦 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
Can I use 髦 by itself to mean fashionable?
Not in normal modern Chinese. On its own it sounds literary or archaic, so use 时髦 when you want to say fashionable.
Is 时髦 the same as 流行 (liúxíng)?
They overlap but are not identical. 流行 means popular or widespread, like a song or a trend. 时髦 focuses on being stylish and up to date, and it is often used to describe a person's look.