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膜

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membrane; film

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HSK 3.0
Level 6
Old HSK
Level 6
Strokes
14
Radical
肉 +11
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
膜
Common rank
#1,161
Unicode
U+819C

Formation & memory

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How 膜 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

⺼ meaning “flesh” + 莫 sound ( mò )

Components ⺼ 莫

How to remember it

membrane · Heisig RSH #1584

flesh + graveyard

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 膜

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

WordPinyinMeaning
表面外膜 biǎo miàn wài mó surface coat
子宫内膜异位症 zǐ gōng nèi mó yì wèi zhèng (medicine) endometriosis
眼角膜 yǎn jiǎo mó cornea
外质膜 wài zhì mó external plasma membrane
叶克膜 yè kè mó (loanword) ECMO; extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
巨细胞病毒视网膜炎 jù xì bāo bìng dú shì wǎng mó yán cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMV retinitis), a disease of the retina that can lead to blindn…
基质膜 jī zhì mó basal plasma membrane
视网膜 shì wǎng mó retina
处女膜 chǔ nǚ mó hymen
面膜 miàn mó facial mask; cleanser; face pack; facial (treatment)
角膜接触镜 jiǎo mó jiē chù jìng contact lens
角膜 jiǎo mó cornea
内膜 nèi mó inner membrane; internal lining (of an organ or body cavity)
网膜 wǎng mó retina (anatomy)
气泡膜 qì pào mó bubble wrap
角膜炎 jiǎo mó yán keratitis (inflammation of the cornea)
骨膜 gǔ mó (anatomy) periosteum
结膜 jié mó conjunctiva (membrane surrounding the eyeball)
膜翅目 mó chì mù Hymenoptera (insect order including ants and bees)
结膜炎 jié mó yán conjunctivitis

Sound family

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

CharacterPinyinMeaning
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
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
募 mù to levy, to raise; to recruit; to summon
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