慕
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to admire
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 心 +11
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 慕
- Common rank
- #1,911
- Unicode
- U+6155
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
admire · Heisig RSH #1819
graveyard + valentine
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 慕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 百慕大三角 | Bermuda Triangle | |
| 慕名而来 | to come to a place on account of its reputation (idiom); attracted to visit a famous locat… | |
| 新慕道团 | neo Catechumenal way | |
| 慕士塔格峰 | Muztagh Ata, second highest peak of the Pamir Mountains | |
| 百慕大 | Bermuda | |
| 慕尼黑 | München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany | |
| 百慕达 | Bermuda (Tw) | |
| 慕道友 | religious investigator | |
| 那达慕 | Nadam or Games, Mongolian national harvest festival in July-August | |
| 慕斯 | (loanword) (cuisine) mousse | |
| 爱慕虚荣 | vain | |
| 慕名 | to admire sb's reputation; to seek out famous person or location | |
| 慕洋犬 | (slang) (derog.) person who uncritically admires the West while disparaging China (pun on … | |
| 爱慕 | to adore; to admire | |
| 慕强 | to admire or be drawn to those perceived as strong or superior | |
| 思慕 | to cherish the memory of sb; to think of with respect | |
| 慕丝 | (Tw) (loanword) mousse (cosmetic or hairstyling product) | |
| 向慕 | to adore | |
| 慕容 | a branch of the Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑[Xian1 bei1] nomadic people; two-character surname Murong | |
| 久慕 | lit. I've admired you for a long time (honorific).; I've been looking forward to meeting y… |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 莫 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莫 sound part | cannot; do not; is not; negative | |
| 模 | model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate | |
| 幕 | curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows | |
| 膜 | membrane, film; to kneel and worship | |
| 摸 | to caress, to stroke, to gently touch | |
| 墓 | grave, tomb | |
| 漠 | desert; aloof, cool, indifferent | |
| 暮 | dusk, evening, sunset; ending | |
| 募 | to levy, to raise; to recruit; to summon | |
| 蟆 | frog, toad | |
| 摹 | to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern | |
| 谟 | to scheme, to plan; to practice | |
| 馍 | bread | |
| 寞 | silent, still; lonely, solitary | |
| 蓦 | suddenly, quickly, abruptly | |
| 糢 | rice snacks | |
| 镆 | sword | |
| 嫫 | Huangdi's ugly concubine; ugly woman, nurse | |
| 瘼 | sickness; distress |