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See also: 葴

Stroke order

茂 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 廿戈竹 (TIH), four-corner 4425₃, composition ⿱艹戊)

• 𢰝, 𣸻, 𭸙, 𣕚, 𮵕, 𥠏, 𬫯, 𩹛, 𲃴, 蒧

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1025, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30833
• Dae Jaweon: page 1485, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3188, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8302

trad.	茂
simp. #	茂
alternative forms	楙 “lush”

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mus): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 戊 (OC *mus).

Applying this character to mean “cyclopentadiene” in organic chemistry results from the decomposition of the character as an ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 艸 (“radical for aromatic compounds”) + 戊 (“five-carbon ring”), since the conjugate base of cyclopentadiene (cyclopentadienyl anion) is aromatic.

茂

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) lush; luxuriant; dense; thick

   茂盛  ―  màoshèng  ―  luxuriant

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) excellent; splendid; talented
3. (organic chemistry) cyclopentadiene

   二茂鐵／二茂铁  ―  èrmàotiě  ―  ferrocene

4. Alternative form of 懋 (“to encourage”)
5. a surname

• (lush):

茂

(Jōyō kanji)

1. overgrown; luxuriant, thickly growing, lush

• Go-on: も (mo, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: しげい (shigei, 茂い)、しげし (shigeshi, 茂し)、しげる (shigeru, 茂る, Jōyō)、しげみ (shigemi, 茂み)、しげむ (shigemu, 茂む)、しみさぶ (shimisabu, 茂さぶ)、しみに (shimini, 茂に)、しみら (shimira, 茂ら)、もし (moshi, 茂し)
• Nanori: あり (ari)、いかし (ikashi)、し (shi)、しげ (shige)、しげい (shigei)、しげみ (shigemi)、たか (taka)、とお (tō)、とも (tomo)、とよ (toyo)、もち (mochi)、もと (moto)、ゆた (yuta)

茂(しげる) • (Shigeru) 

1. a male given name

茂 (eumhun 무성할 무 (museonghal mu))

1. hanja form^? of 무 (“thick, lush, dense”)
2. hanja form^? of 무 (“talented”)

茂: Hán Nôm readings: mậu, ngồng

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