noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Tibetan woollen cloth; pulu (a coarse hand-woven fabric)

Examples

Tā chuān zhe pò mú shān, dǐyù bù liǎo yánhán.
His tattered woollen jacket couldn't keep out the cold.
Múzi shì yòng gāoyuán máoniú máo shǒugōng zhī chéng de.
Tibetan woollen cloth is hand-woven from highland yak hair.

Tips

culture
Lives in the compounds 毪子 and 毪衫 — the Chinese name for 氆氇 (pulu), the dense hand-woven woollen cloth produced across the Tibetan plateau from yak and sheep hair. Pulu robes are a staple of highland clothing and are listed as Tibetan national intangible cultural heritage.
register
Niche / ethnographic register. Outside writing about Tibet, highland weaving, or folk songs you'll never meet .

Components

radical
máo
hair; wool
Left (Kangxi #82, hair) — the woollen material. Anchors the cloth-of-animal-hair sense; pairs naturally with (felt) and (woven blanket / rug).
phonetic
mother (here phonetic)
Right supplies the sound (mǔ → mú). Same phonetic in and .

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