fur, hair, feather, down
毛 centers on fine, soft body coverings: fur, hair, feathers, and down. It captures the idea of thin, thread-like growths on animals or birds.
毛 is a pictograph of fine hair or fur, with the strokes representing thin, curved strands.
The four strokes look like thin, curved hairs growing from a surface. Picture a tuft of fur or a feather: 毛 is hair.
For モウ, imagine a mound of soft fur: mound -> モウ, and the mound is made of fluffy 毛.
hair
hair loss
hair (on the head); (a) hair
pore (of the skin)
blanket
fur; skin; pelt
eyebrow
pubic hair
eyelashes
feather; plume; plumage; down
barren; sterile; infertile
wool
red hair; ginger hair
hair restoration; new hair growth
body hair
hair
thinning hair; sparse hair (as in balding)
hair root
Mao Zedong (1893.12.26-1976.9.9); Mao Tse-tung
nasal hair; nose hair