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Word and Radical Components of 毯

The Chinese word 毯 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
毯 tǎn 1. rug; carpet; blanket

毯 ⇨ 毛 + 炎
Component Pinyin Meanings
毛 máo, Máo 1. hair (of humans or animals); fur; feather
     雞毛 - chicken feather
2. (dialectal) hair on the head
3. mildew; mold
4. (colloquial) jiao; one tenth of a yuan or dollar; ten cents; dime
     一 毛 錢 - a jiao / ten cents
     三 塊 兩 毛 - three yuan and two jiao / three dollars and twenty cents
     五毛黨 - wumao
5. coarse; raw; semifinished
     毛茶 - raw tea
6. (of an amount) gross
     (ant, zh, 淨)
     毛利 - gross profit
     毛重 - gross weight
7. rough; sketchy
     毛估 - to make a rough estimate
8. small; little
     毛毛雨 - drizzle
     毛孩子zi - mere child
9. careless; unthinking
     毛手毛腳 - to be careless
10. panicked; scared; nervous
     把 我 嚇 毛 了 - to have scared me
11. angry; furious
12. (of currency) depreciated
13. (mainland, colloquial or slang) no; nothing; damn all; my ass
     有 毛 用 - be not effective or useful, to be of damn-all use
     管 毛 用 - be not effective or useful, to be of damn-all use
14. (Cantonese, colloquial, always with the classifier) nothing; damn all; jack shit; bugger all
     Synonyms: 春
     你 識 條 毛 咩？ - Do you know anything at all?
15. (ACG) hair (in unnatural colours)
     白 毛 - the character with white-coloured hair
     假毛 - wig
     毛 澤-東 - Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), founder of the People's Republic of China
16. usage. In Standard Chinese, for hair on the human head, use 頭髮 instead.
炎 yán 1. blazing; burning hot; scorching
2. red; bright red
3. (figurative) power and influence
4. (medicine) inflammation
5. (mythology) Yan Emperor (ancient legendary Chinese ruler)

炎 ⇨ 火 + 火
Component Pinyin Meanings
火 huǒ 1. fire; flame
     可以 跟 你 借 一個 火 嗎？ - Can I borrow a light?
2. fire (as a disaster); inferno
3. red; fiery; bright; brilliant
4. to burn down
5. light; torch
6. (dialectal) light; lamp
7. anger; rage; wrath
8. to become enraged
9. angry; furious
10. (TCM) internal heat
11. firearm; ammunition; weapon
12. war; warfare
13. thriving; brisk
14. urgent; pressing
15. (neologism) to become popular; to go viral
16. (neologism) to be popular; to be viral
17. (Cantonese) watt (unit of power)
     ※(Definitely, "火" here is a unit of brightness (luminous intensity). However, the brightness of a luminous device is measured in watts in life because of luminous intensity's dependence on powe
     20 火 嘅 燈膽 - 20-watt lightbulb
18. Short for 火星, Mars
19. (Cantonese) roasted
     Synonyms: 烤, 燒
     火鴨 - roasted duck
火 huǒ 1. fire; flame
     可以 跟 你 借 一個 火 嗎？ - Can I borrow a light?
2. fire (as a disaster); inferno
3. red; fiery; bright; brilliant
4. to burn down
5. light; torch
6. (dialectal) light; lamp
7. anger; rage; wrath
8. to become enraged
9. angry; furious
10. (TCM) internal heat
11. firearm; ammunition; weapon
12. war; warfare
13. thriving; brisk
14. urgent; pressing
15. (neologism) to become popular; to go viral
16. (neologism) to be popular; to be viral
17. (Cantonese) watt (unit of power)
     ※(Definitely, "火" here is a unit of brightness (luminous intensity). However, the brightness of a luminous device is measured in watts in life because of luminous intensity's dependence on powe
     20 火 嘅 燈膽 - 20-watt lightbulb
18. Short for 火星, Mars
19. (Cantonese) roasted
     Synonyms: 烤, 燒
     火鴨 - roasted duck