懂中文 Dong Chinese

旄

máo, mào

a kind of ancient flag

A flag 方 made of fur 毛; 毛 also provides the pronunciation

Components
方 meaning component

方  Meaning component

fāng

  

square

毛 sound,meaning component

毛  Sound Meaning component

máo

  

hair

Evolution

旄 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
旄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
旄 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
旄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

旄  

máo

a kind of ancient flag; old; banner decorated with animal's tail

旄  

mào

variant of 耄[mào]

Most common words with 旄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

旄

banner decorated with animal's tail

白旄黄钺

white banner and yellow battle-ax (idiom); refers to military expedition