牡
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(of a bird, animal or plant) male; key; hills
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 牛 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 牡
- Common rank
- #2,496
- Unicode
- U+7261
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Formation & memory
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Words with 牡
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牡丹江市 | 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 | 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 | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom)… | |
| 牡丹区 | 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 | Although the peony is beautiful, it depends entirely on help from the green leaves (idiom)… | |
| 牡丹江 | see 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4] | |
| 牡丹卡 | Peony Card (credit card issued by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China) | |
| 牡丹皮 | root bark of the peony tree (used in TCM) | |
| 牡羊座 | Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac); used erroneously for 白羊座 | |
| 牡牛 | bull | |
| 天竺牡丹 | dahlia | |
| 牡丹 | see 牡丹區|牡丹区[Mu3 dan5 Qu1] | |
| 牡丹 | tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa) | |
| 牡丹亭 | The Peony Pavilion (1598), play by Tang Xianzu 湯顯祖|汤显祖[Tang1 Xian3 zu3] | |
| 牡鹿 | stag; buck | |
| 牝牡骊黄 | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance | |
| 骊黄牝牡 | a black stallion or possibly a yellow mare (idiom); don't judge by outward appearance | |
| 牡蛎 | oyster | |
| 牝牡 | male and female |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 土 — compare how they read.