Group 莫 (mò)

henning

July 17, 2008, 06:08 AM posted in General Discussion

Motivated by Lesson: C0797 Behind the Scenes at the Beauty Pageant

Taken from character: 幕

Taken from word: 楷书 ("regular" script)

 

幕

Pron: mù

Main radical: 巾

Frequency: 1315

Meaning: curtain, screen, tent

Examples: 闭幕 (the curtain falls), 闭幕式 (closing ceremony), 开幕式 (opening ceremony), 内幕 (inside story), 序幕 (prologue), 银幕 (movie screen)

 

莫

Pron: mò, mù

Main radical: 艹

Frequency: 955

Meaning: do not, is not, can not; negative

Examples: 莫逆 (very friendly, intimate), 莫大 (greatest, most important), 莫大 (about, approximately), 莫如 (it would be better), 莫非 (could it possibly be that)

 

模

Pron: mó, mú

Main radical: 木

Frequency: 689

Meaning: imitate, model, norm, pattern

Examples: 模仿 (imitate), 模仿 (to imitate, to copy), 模糊 (vague, fuzzy), 模拟 (imitation, to simulate, to imitate), 模式 (mode, method), 模特 & 模特儿 (fashion model), 模形 (pattern), 模型 (model, pattern, matrix), 模子 (mold)

 

摸

Pron: mō, mó

Main radical: 扌

Frequency: 1367

Meaning: feel with the hand, to touch, to stroke, to grope, to feel (one's pulse) (mō), imitate, copy  (mó)

Examples: 摸索 (grope)

 

漠

Pron: 氵

Main radical: mò

Frequency: 1777

Meaning: desert, unconcerned

Examples: 沙漠 (desert)

 

墓

Pron: 墓

Main radical: mù

Frequency: 1816

Meaning: tomb

Examples: 墓地 (cemetary), 公墓 (cemetary), 墓穴 (tomb, grave), 陵墓 (tomb, mausoleum)

 

膜

Pron: 月

Main radical: mó, mò

Frequency: 1945

Meaning: membrane; film

Examples: 瓣膜 (valve), 薄膜 (membrane, film), 虹膜 (iris), 虹膜 (meningitis)

 

慕

Pron: 小

Main radical: mù

Frequency: 1990

Meaning: admire

Examples: 爱慕 (admire, adore), 羡慕 (envious, envy)

 

寞

Pron: 宀

Main radical: mò

Frequency: 2601

Meaning: lonesome

Examples: 寂寞 (lonesome)

 

暮

Pron: 日

Main radical: mù

Frequency: 2768

Meaning: evening, sunset

Examples: 薄暮 (twilight)

 

摹

Pron: 手

Main radical: mó

Frequency: 3008

Meaning: imitate, copy

Examples: 摹画 (to describe), 临摹 (to copy a painting or caligraphy), 描摹 (to describe, to portray)

 

蓦 ( 驀 )

Pron: 艹

Main radical: mò

Frequency: 3160

Meaning: suddenly, quickly, abruptly

 

谟 ( 謨 )

Pron: 讠

Main radical: mó

Frequency: 3172

Meaning: scheme, plan, to practice

 

馍 ( 饃 )

Pron: 饣

Main radical: mó

Frequency: 4070

Meaning: small loaf of steamed bread

 

幂 ( 冪 )

Pron: 冖

Main radical: mì

Frequency: 5384

Meaning: power (math), cover-cloth, to cover with cloth

 

镆 ( 鏌 )

Pron: 钅

Main radical: mò

Frequency: 5657

Meaning: sword

 

貘

Pron: 豸

Main radical: mò

Frequency: 6325

Meaning: tapir

 

嫫

Pron: 女

Main radical: mó

Frequency: 6350

Meaning: ugly woman, nurse

 

瘼

Pron: 疒

Main radical: mò

Frequency: 7421

Meaning: distress, sickness

 

糢

Pron: 米

Main radical: mó

Frequency: 7918

Meaning: blurred

Examples: 糢糊 (foggy, murky, vague)

 

謩

Pron: 言

Main radical: mó, mò

Frequency: 9554

Meaning: (old) scheme, plan

 

暯

Pron: 日

Main radical: mò, mù

Frequency: rare

Meaning: nothingness, void, (old) sunset

 

嗼

Pron: 口

Main radical: mò

Frequency: rare

Meaning: calm, peaceful, to sneeze

 

塻

Pron: 土

Main radical: mò

Frequency: rare

Meaning: dust

 

瞙

Pron: 目

Main radical: mò

Frequency: rare

Meaning: unclear eyes

 

縸

Pron: 糹

Main radical: mò, mù

Frequency: rare

Meaning: throw out the fishing net (?)

 

幙

Pron: 巾

Main radical: mù

Frequency: rare

Meaning: a curtain, a screen

 

氁

Pron: 毛

Main radical: mú

Frequency: rare

Meaning: (a sort of textile?)

 

慔

Pron: 忄

Main radical: mò, mù

Frequency: rare

Meaning: to encourage

 

羃

Pron: 罒

Main radical: mì

Frequency: rare

Meaning: cover cloth, veil