Phonetic Families & Components

Sound Roots & Semantic Radicals Explorer

Decode Chinese characters by their shared sound roots and see how semantic radicals split their meanings across tones.

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莫

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)HSK 7

莫 (mò)

do not, none, sunset

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How this root's pronunciation drifts across the Mandarin tone spectrum:

4 Active Tones

Tone 1mō

Tone 2mó

Tone 4mò

Tone 5

Family Characters (24)

Root: 莫

莫

mò

HSK 7

Phonetic Root (声旁 / Sound Core)

do not, none, sunset

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摸

mō

HSK 4

扌(hand)

to touch, feel, or stroke

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模

mó

HSK 4

木(tree)

to imitate, model, norm, pattern

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幕

mù

HSK 5

巾(cloth)

curtain

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漠

mò

HSK 5

氵(water)

desert, unconcerned

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墓

mù

HSK 6

土(earth)

grave, tomb, mausoleum

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膜

mó

HSK 6

⺼(meat)

membrane

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募

mù

HSK 7

力(power)

to raise contributions or recruit

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寞

mò

HSK 7

宀(roof)

lonesome

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慕

mù

HSK 7

⺗(heart)

to admire

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暮

mù

HSK 7

日(sun)

evening; sunset

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嫫

mó

Expansion

女(woman)

ugly woman

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摹

mó

Expansion

手(hand)

(bound form) to imitate; to copy

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瘼

mò

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疒(sickness)

distress; sickness

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糢

mó

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米(rice)

variant of 饃|馍[mo2]; used in 糢糊[mo2 hu5]

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蓦

mò

Expansion

马(horse)

leap on or over; suddenly

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蟆

má

Expansion

虫(insect)

toad

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谟

mó

Expansion

讠(speech)

plan; to practice

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謨

Expansion

言(speech)

—

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貘

mò

Expansion

豸(feline beast)

tapir

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镆

mò

Expansion

钅(metal)

used in 鏌鋣|镆铘[Mo4 ye2]; (chemistry) moscovium

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馍

mó

Expansion

饣(food)

small loaf of steamed bread

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饃

Expansion

飠(food)

—

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驀

Expansion

馬(horse)

—

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