茂

Han character

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

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 茂, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...

Historical forms of the character 茂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
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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.

Pronunciation

Definitions

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

Compounds

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

1. overgrown; luxuriant, thickly growing, lush

Proper noun

茂(しげる) • (Shigeru) 

1. a male given name

Hanja

茂 (eumhun 무성할 무 (museonghal mu))

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

Han character

茂: Hán Nôm readings: mậu, ngồng

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