陌
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raised path; street
Formation & memory
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How 陌 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A large 百 city 阝, representing an unfamiliar place
How to remember it
footpath · Heisig RSH #2338
pinnacle + 百 hundred
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 陌
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 形同陌路 | to be estranged | |
| 陌生人 | stranger | |
| 陌路人 | stranger | |
| 陌生 | strange; unfamiliar | |
| 陌路 | (literary) stranger; person with whom one has no personal connection | |
| 田陌 | path between fields; fields | |
| 柳陌花衢 | brothel | |
| 奥陌陌 | ʻOumuamua (interstellar object) | |
| 绮陌 | splendid streets | |
| 陌陌 | Momo, GPS-based app for messaging, and potentially meeting up with, other Momo users (typi… |