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CHINESE CHARACTER

mǒ

抹

抹

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Numbered pinyin
mo3
English meanings
brush/wipe off, exclude

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 扌; right 末.

  • Left

    扌
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  • Right

    末
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Meaning & sound clues

扌 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “hand”.

末 is identified as the sound component (mò). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 抹.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰扌末

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    mǒ抹zhuōzi桌子。

    Wipe the table.

  2. 02

    mǒ抹yǎnlèi眼泪。

    Wipe away tears.

  3. 03

    mǒ抹qù去huīchén灰尘。

    Wipe off the dust.

  4. 04

    gānjìng干净zhěngjié整洁。

    Clean and tidy.

  5. 05

    huàn焕rán然yī一xīn新。

    Fresh as new.

  6. 06

    shū舒xīn心qiè惬yì意。

    Pleasant.

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