旄

旄 (Kangxi radical 70, 方+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜尸人竹山 (YSOHU), four-corner 0821₄, composition ⿸𭤨毛)

1. a kind of ancient flag decorated with yak tails
2. old

• 𣹪

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 482, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13642
• Dae Jaweon: page 844, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2177, character 6
• Unihan data for U+65C4

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maːw, *maːws): semantic 㫃 + phonetic 毛 (OC *maːw, *maːws)

Li Shizhen relates 旄 (máo, “banner”) to pronunciation máo of 牦／犛 (“yak”); he also sees a possible connection of both to 毛 (máo, “hair”) (Bencao Gangmu, 51A)

However, see 犛／牦 (máo) for alternative etymology.

旄

1. a kind of ancient flag decorated with yak tails

   • 王左杖黃鉞，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     王左杖黄钺，右秉白旄以麾，曰：「逖矣，西土之人！」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Wáng zuǒ zhàng huángyuè, yòu bǐng báimáo yǐ huī, yuē: “Tì yǐ, xītǔ zhī rén!” [Pinyin]

     The king wielded in his left hand a gilded ax and held in his right hand a white yak-tail-decorated banner to conduct (the troops); he said: "Far are ye come, men of the western lands!"

2. (obsolete) yak

   • 獸則𤛑旄貘犛，沈牛麈麋，赤首圜題，窮奇象犀。 [MSC, trad.]
     兽则𤛑旄貘牦，沈牛麈麋，赤首圜题，穷奇象犀。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 司馬相如 (Sima Xiangru) 《上林賦》 "Rhapsody on the Imperial Park", in 《史記》 Records of the Grand Historian. Translated based on Knechtges's (2008) version

     Shòu zé yóng máo mò máo/lí, shěnniú zhǔmí, chìshǒu yuántí, qióngqí xiàng xī. [Pinyin]

     Its animals are: The zebus, hairy yaks, pandas, grunting yaks, plunging bulls, elaphures; red-headed, round-hoofed; extreme extraordinaire, elephants, and rhinoceroses.

• “旄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. pennant/banner with a long-haired yak tail attached
2. yak tail
3. yak

• Go-on: もう (mō)
• Kan-on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: はたかざり (hatakazari)、おいぼれ (oibore)

旄 • (mo) (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune–Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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旄: Hán Nôm readings: mao

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