莫
Tap the pinyin to hear it
do not; there is none who
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 莫 is formed
Components 艹 旲
How to remember it
nobody · Heisig RSH #231
flower + sun + St. Bernard dog — as a component also called: graveyard
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 莫
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一夫当关，万夫莫开 | (idiom) one man guarding the pass can prevent the passage of ten thousand | |
| 阿莫西林 | (loanword) amoxicillin | |
| 莫三比克 | Mozambique (Tw) | |
| 莫尔斯 | Morse (name) | |
| 拉莫斯 | (Philippine President Fidel) Ramos | |
| 科莫多龙 | Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) | |
| 爱莫利维尔 | Emeryville, city on San Fransico Bay, California | |
| 莫斯特 | Mousterian (a Palaeolithic culture) | |
| 阿西莫夫 | Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist | |
| 莫尔斯电码 | Morse code | |
| 莫斯科 | Moscow, capital of Russia | |
| 莫不然 | equally true for (all the rest); the same thing applies (for everyone) | |
| 莫可指数 | countless; innumerable | |
| 莫代尔 | (textiles) modal fiber | |
| 麦克德莫特 | McDermott (name) | |
| 莫罗尼 | Moroni, capital of Comoros | |
| 莫达非尼 | modafinil (loanword) | |
| 拉什莫尔山 | Mt Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota | |
| 莫尼卡·莱温斯基 | Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern | |
| 莫拉莱斯 | Morales |
Sound family
These characters use 莫 as their sound component — 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 | |
| 慕 | to admire, to desire, to long for | |
| 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 |