The Japanese Radical: 毛


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Meaning
hair    毛

Explanation Also this radical 彡 means 'hair'.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 2
hair
ke,

Image of a bunch of hair.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
tail, brush
o, BI
Top: buttock from the side 尸, below: hair 毛
At the back the hair changes into a tail.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
decrease, exhaust, waste, consume, wear
MŌ, KŌ
Left: 耒 (tree 木 with many branches), right: hair 毛
A tree with many branches such as hair shows a sign of: decrease.  

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

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