磨 (mó): meaning and stroke order
磨 (mó) means to rub, to grind, to polish, to sharpen, to wear down, to die out, to waste time.
磨
- Simplified
- 磨
- Traditional
- 磨 (same form)
- Pinyin
- mó · mò
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Stroke order of 磨
磨
- mó to rub; to grind
- mò grindstone; to grind
- 16 strokes
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Meaning of 磨
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mó
- to rub
- to grind
- to polish
- to sharpen
- to wear down
- to die out
- to waste time
- to pester
- to insist
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mò
- grindstone
- to grind
- to turn round
Radical and structure
- 磨
- Radical 石 (Kangxi radical 112) · 16 strokes · built from 麻 and 石
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.
Words with 磨
- 打磨 dǎ mó to polish; to burnish; to shine
- 琢磨 zhuó mó to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work
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).