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HSK 7-98 strokes

surname Mu

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
surname Mu
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰牛攵

A hand 攵 leading an ox 牛

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

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

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Words with

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

chǎng
HSK 7-9

pasture

Open 牧场 page →
mín
HSK 7-9

herdsman

Open 牧民 page →
jiǒng

minister of the imperial stud, originally charged with horse breeding

Open 冏牧 page →

German shepherd

Open 德牧 page →
fàng

to graze (livestock); to herd (livestock)

Open 放牧 page →

(idiom) to conduct oneself humbly; modest

Open 卑以自牧 page →

Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet

Open 杜牧 page →

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