摸(mō)

HSK 413 strokes

to feel with the hand

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Character information

Pinyin
mō
Meaning
to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 摸 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰扌莫

In this compound, the meaning comes from 扌 (hand); 莫 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

扌shǒu莫mò

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 摸 step by step

13 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 摸

Common words using 摸 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

mō摸suǒ索
HSK 7-9

to feel about

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fǔ抚mō摸
HSK 7-9

to gently caress and stroke

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chù触mō摸
HSK 7-9

to touch

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gū估mo摸

to reckon; to guess

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tōu偷mō摸

surreptitious; sneaky

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zā咂mō摸

(dialect) to savor; to test the taste of; (fig.) to ponder upon; to mull ov…

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tōu偷tōu偷mō摸mō摸

(idiom) surreptitious; sneaky

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tōu偷jī鸡mō摸gǒu狗

to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom)

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丈与严临之乎亚企

From 摸’s common words

索抚触估偷咂鸡狗

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