牟

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barley; to moo; to seek or obtain; old variant of 侔[mou2]; old variant of 眸[mou2]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

Components 厶牛

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中牟县	Zhōng mù Xiàn	Zhongmu, a county in Zhengzhou City 鄭州市\|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan
牟平区	Mù píng Qū	Muping, a district of Yantai City 煙台市\|烟台市[Yan1 tai2 Shi4], Shandong
牟定县	Móu dìng Xiàn	Mouding, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi…
牟取暴利	móu qǔ bào lì	to reap huge profits (esp. by unscrupulous means)
释迦牟尼佛	Shì jiā móu ní fó	Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya); Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the histo…
中牟	Zhōng mù	see 中牟縣\|中牟县[Zhong1 mu4 Xian4]
牟利	móu lì	to gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; exploitation
牟平	Mù píng	see 牟平區\|牟平区[Mu4 ping2 Qu1]
牟定	Móu dìng	see 牟定縣\|牟定县[Mou2 ding4 Xian4]
释迦牟尼	Shì jiā móu ní	Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
牟取	móu qǔ	to gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; see also 謀取\|谋取[mou2 qu3]

These characters use 牟 as their sound component — compare how they read.