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Mythic Mandarin

摸 (mō): meaning and stroke order

摸 (mō) means to feel with the hand, to touch, to stroke, to grope, to steal, to abstract, variant of 摹.

摸

Simplified
摸
Traditional
摸 (same form)
Pinyin
mō · mó

Stroke order of 摸

摸

  • mō to feel with the hand; to touch
  • mó variant of 摹[mo2]
  • 13 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 摸

  1. mō
    • to feel with the hand
    • to touch
    • to stroke
    • to grope
    • to steal
    • to abstract
  2. mó
    • variant of 摹[mo2]

Radical and structure

摸
Radical 手 (Kangxi radical 64) · 14 strokes · 扌 on the left, 莫 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

摸 in our stories

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  • 奶奶摸摸他的头：“其实，与其让灶王爷替你说好话，不如你自己先去跟妹妹道歉。”

    nǎinai mō mō tā de tóu qíshí yǔqí ràng Zàowángyé tì nǐ shuō hǎohuà bùrú nǐ zìjǐ xiān qù gēn mèimei dàoqiàn

    Grandma stroked his head: "You know, rather than having the Kitchen God put in a good word for you, it's better to go and apologise to your sister yourself."

    From the story Sweets for the Kitchen God HSK 5

Stories using 摸

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).