mù
levy
Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 募
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to raise | ||
to recruit | ||
to solicit contributions | ||
to recruit | ||
to raise money |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*mˤak-s | muH | mù | summon |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 4.7733% of movies
2374th most common character in movies
2657th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+52DF |
Shuowen | “募，廣求也。从力，莫聲。” |
Sources
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