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摩

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to rub

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
15
Radical
手 +11
Structure
Upper-left enclosure 左上包
Traditional
摩
Common rank
#647
Unicode
U+6469

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Formation & memory

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How 摩 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

手 meaning “hand” + 麻 sound ( má )

Components 麻 手

How to remember it

rub · Heisig RSH #586

麻 hemp + 手 hand

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 摩

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

WordPinyinMeaning
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

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
麻 sound part 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