毛頭

See also: 毛头

Chinese
hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar head; (noun suffix)
trad. (毛頭) 毛 頭
simp. (毛头) 毛 头
anagram 頭毛／头毛

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

毛頭

  1. child; youngster
  2. boy

Japanese
Kanji in this term
毛 頭
もう
Grade: 2		 とう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) もーとー [mòótóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞ːto̞ː]

Adverb

毛(もう)頭(とう) • (mōtō) 

  1. (chiefly in the negative) small amount
    ○○する気(き)は毛頭(もうとう)ない
    ○○ suru ki wa mōtō nai
    has not the slightest intent of doing X

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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