毛

もう

[mou]

Meanings

1.Numeric

one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme)

2.Noun

old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)

一毛の差で負けてしまった。

I lost by a hair's breadth.

毛の単位は非常に小さいです。

The mou unit is extremely small.

毛は寸の千分の一の長さです。

A mou is one-thousandth of a sun.