募

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to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

力 meaning “strength” + 莫 sound ( mò )

Components 莫力

recruit · Heisig RSH #1985

graveyard + muscle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
首次公开募股	shǒu cì gōng kāi mù gǔ	initial public offering (IPO)
私募基金	sī mù jī jīn	private equity fund; fund offered to private placement (e.g. hedge fund)
募化	mù huà	(of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms
公募	gōng mù	public placement (investing)
募集	mù jí	to raise; to collect
募资	mù zī	to raise capital
招募	zhāo mù	to recruit; to enlist
募款	mù kuǎn	to raise money; donated money
征募	zhēng mù	to conscript
私募	sī mù	private placement (investing)
募缘	mù yuán	(of a monk) to beg for food
筹募	chóu mù	to raise funds; to collect money
募捐	mù juān	to solicit contributions; to collect donations
捐募	juān mù	to solicit contributions; to collect donations
召募	zhào mù	to recruit; to enlist

Characters sharing the sound component 莫 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
莫 sound part	mò	cannot; do not; is not; negative
模	mó	model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate
幕	mù	curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows
膜	mó	membrane, film; to kneel and worship
摸	mō	to caress, to stroke, to gently touch
墓	mù	grave, tomb
漠	mò	desert; aloof, cool, indifferent
慕	mù	to admire, to desire, to long for
暮	mù	dusk, evening, sunset; ending
蟆	má	frog, toad
摹	mó	to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern
谟	mó	to scheme, to plan; to practice
馍	mó	bread
寞	mò	silent, still; lonely, solitary
蓦	mò	suddenly, quickly, abruptly
糢	mó	rice snacks
镆	mò	sword
嫫	mó	Huangdi's ugly concubine; ugly woman, nurse
瘼	mò	sickness; distress