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摩
摩
Translingual
Han character
摩 (radical 64 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈金手 (ICQ) or 戈木手 (IDQ), four-corner 00252, composition ⿸麻手)
References
- KangXi: page 450, character 28
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12613
- Dae Jaweon: page 801, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1940, character 7
- Unihan data for U+6469
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
摩 | |
|---|---|---|
Glyph origin
| Characters in the same phonetic series (麻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 麻 | *mraːl |
| 痲 | *mraːl |
| 犘 | *mraːl |
| 縻 | *mral |
| 醿 | *mral |
| 爢 | *mral |
| 蘼 | *mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl |
| 靡 | *mralʔ |
| 摩 | *maːl, *maːls |
| 魔 | *maːl |
| 磨 | *maːl, *maːls |
| 劘 | *maːl |
| 麽 | *maːl |
| 麼 | *maːlʔ |
| 塺 | *maːls, *mɯːl |
| 麾 | *hmral |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maːl, *maːls) : phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 手 (“hand”) – to rub or grind by hand.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mo1, mo4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô
- Min Dong (BUC): mò̤
- Min Nan (POJ): mō / mô
- Wu (Wiktionary): mu (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
- Wade-Giles: mo2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
- IPA (key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
- Wade-Giles: ma1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
- IPA (key): /ma̠⁵⁵/
- Note: mā - used in 摩挲.
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mo1, mo4
- Yale: mō, mòh
- Cantonese Pinyin: mo1, mo4
- IPA (key): /mɔː⁵⁵/, /mɔː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô
- Hakka Romanization System: mo´
- Hagfa Pinyim: mo1
- IPA: /mo²⁴/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤
- IPA (key): /mo⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: mu (T3)
- IPA (key): /mv̩ʷ²³/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 摩 | 摩 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | I | I |
| Fanqie | 莫婆切 | 摸卧切 |
| Reconstructions | ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/muɑ/ | /muɑH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/muɑ/ | /muɑH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/muɑ/ | /muɑH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/mwa/ | /mwaH/ |
| Li Rong |
/muɑ/ | /muɑH/ |
| Wang Li |
/muɑ/ | /muɑH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/muɑ/ | /muɑH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
mó | mò |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 摩 | 摩 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 8704 | 8711 |
| Phonetic component |
麻 | 麻 |
| Rime group |
歌 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
摩 | |
| Old Chinese |
/*maːl/ | /*maːls/ |
Definitions
摩
- to rub; to scour; to grind
- to stroke; to brush
- to approach; to touch; to draw near
- to study; to investigate; to research
- (chemistry) Short for 摩爾／摩尔 (“mole”).
Compounds
Derived terms from 摩
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Japanese
Ryakuji for 摩, a phono-semantic simplification as 广 (radical/semantic) + マ (phonetic “ma” for on reading), also used for 魔; compare 機 and 議.
Kanji
摩
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Readings
Compounds
- 研摩
- 摩滅
Korean
Hanja
摩 • (ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune-Reischauer ma, Yale ma)
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Vietnamese
Han character
摩 (ma)
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