牦
máo

tail

The fur 毛 of an ox 牛; 毛 also provides the pronunciation

Components

牛
牛 Meaning component
niú cow
毛
毛 SoundMeaning component
máo, mao hair

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

氂 tail Traditional

Components

𠩺
𠩺 Unknown component
lí, xī to split
毛
毛 Sound component
máo, mao hair

fur

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯ
maːw

說文解字

《說文》：“氂，犛牛尾也。从犛省，从毛。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)