摩
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to rub
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #648 U+6469
How 摩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
手 (semantic, “hand”) + 麻 (phonetic, má)
How to remember it
rub · Heisig RSH #586
麻 hemp + 手 hand
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 麻
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 麻 (má) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 麻 sound component | má | hemp, flax, sesame; numb |
| 磨 | mó | millstone; to grind, to polish, to rub, to wear out |
| 魔 | mó | demon, evil spirit; magic, spell |
| 靡 | mí | to scatter, to disperse; to divide |
| 糜 | mí | rice gruel, congee; mashed |
| 嘛 | ma | final exclamatory particle |
| 麽 | mó | interrogative particle |
| 縻 | mí | harness, halter; to tie up |
Words containing 摩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿摩尼亚水 | ā mó ní yà shuǐ | ammonia solution |
| 摩尔门经 | Mó ěr mén Jīng | Book of Mormon |
| 摩尔人 | Mó ěr rén | a Moor |
| 摩斯拉 | Mó sī lā | Mothra (Japanese モスラ Mosura), Japanese movie monster |
| 水上摩托车 | shuǐ shàng mó tuō chē | jet ski |
| 摩尔多瓦人 | Mó ěr duō wǎ rén | Moldovan (person) |
| 摩尔门 | Mó ěr mén | Mormon (religion) |
| 阿摩尼亚 | ā mó ní yà | (loanword) ammonia |
| 阿拉摩 | Ā lā mó | Alamo, city in United States |
| 福尔摩斯 | Fú ěr mó sī | Sherlock Holmes, 歇洛克·福爾摩斯|歇洛克·福尔摩斯[Xie1 luo4 ke4 · Fu2 er3 mo2 si1] |
| 摩尔斯电码 | Mó ěr sī diàn mǎ | Morse code |
| 水上摩托 | shuǐ shàng mó tuō | jet ski |
| 摩西五经 | Mó xī Wǔ jīng | the Pentateuch; the five books of Moses in the Old Testament |
| 爱斯基摩 | Ài sī jī mó | Eskimo |
| 摩门经 | Mó mén Jīng | Book of Mormon |
| 斯德哥尔摩 | Sī dé gē ěr mó | Stockholm, capital of Sweden |
| 摩托罗拉 | Mó tuō luó lā | Motorola |
| 摩尔多瓦 | Mó ěr duō wǎ | Moldova |
| 提摩太后书 | Tí mó tài Hòu shū | Second Epistle of St Paul to Timothy |
| 科摩罗 | Kē mó luó | Union of the Comoros |