茂 mào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 戊 5th heavenly stem
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
茂密
màomì
dense; luxuriant
Characters in this word
密 mì
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宓 quiet, silent, still 山 mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 考古队穿过茂密的雨林，才找到被藤蔓遮住的遗址入口。 Kǎogǔduì chuānguò màomì de yǔlín, cái zhǎodào bèi téngmàn zhē zhù de yízhǐ rùkǒu. The archaeological team crossed the dense rainforest before finding the entrance to the ruins hidden by vines.
- 山坡上长满了茂密的松树，走进去几乎看不见天空。 Shānpō shàng zhǎng mǎn le màomì de sōngshù, zǒu jìnqù jīhū kàn bú jiàn tiānkōng. The hillside is covered with dense pines; walking in, you can hardly see the sky.
- 公园里的树木越来越茂密，夏天走在下面特别凉快。 Gōngyuán lǐ de shùmù yuè lái yuè màomì, xiàtiān zǒu zài xiàmiàn tèbié liángkuai. The trees in the park are getting denser; it is especially cool walking under them in summer.
Related words
- 茂盛 màoshèng lush; flourishing; luxuriant
- 保密 bǎomì to keep secret
- 紧密 jǐnmì close; tight
- 秘密 mìmì secret
- 密 mì dense; close together
- 密码 mìmǎ password
- 密切 mìqiè close; careful
- 亲密 qīnmì close; intimate
- 密度 mìdù density
- 密集 mìjí to concentrate; dense
- 稠密 chóumì dense; thick
- 机密 jīmì confidential; secret; classified