牡
(of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills
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How 牡 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
牛 (semantic, “ox”) + 土 (phonetic, tǔ)
How to remember it
dude · Heisig RSH #1595
牛 cow + 土 soil
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 土
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 土 (tǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土 sound component | tǔ | soil, earth; items made of earth |
| 杜 | dù | to prevent, to restrict, to stop; surname |
| 吐 | tǔ | to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say |
| 肚 | dù | belly; abdomen, bowels |
| 坤 | kūn | earth; feminine |
| 墅 | shù | villa, country house |
| 芏 | dù | Shichito matgrass |
| 钍 | tǔ | thorium |
Words containing 牡
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牡丹江市 | Mǔ dān jiāng Shì | Mudanjiang, prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 She… |
| 牡丹虽好，全凭绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán píng lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom)… |
| 牡丹虽好，全仗绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo , quán zhàng lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom)… |
| 牡丹区 | Mǔ dan Qū | Mudan, a district of Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市[He2 ze2 Shi4], Shandong |
| 牡丹虽好，终须绿叶扶持 | mǔ dan suī hǎo , zhōng xū lǜ yè fú chí | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom)… |
| 牡丹江 | Mǔ dān jiāng | see 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4] |
| 牡丹卡 | mǔ dan kǎ | Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) |
| 牡丹皮 | mǔ dan pí | root bark of the peony tree (used in TCM) |
| 牡羊座 | Mǔ yáng zuò | Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac); used erroneously for 白羊座 |
| 牡牛 | mǔ niú | bull |
| 天竺牡丹 | tiān zhú mǔ dan | dahlia |
| 牡丹 | Mǔ dan | see 牡丹區|牡丹区[Mu3 dan5 Qu1] |
| 牡丹 | mǔ dan | tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) |
| 牡丹亭 | Mǔ dan Tíng | The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖[Tang1 Xian3 zu3] |
| 牡鹿 | mǔ lù | stag; buck |
| 牝牡骊黄 | pìn mǔ lí huáng | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance |
| 骊黄牝牡 | lí huáng pìn mǔ | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance |
| 牡蛎 | mǔ lì | oyster |
| 牝牡 | pìn mǔ | male and female |