mó
trace
Phonosemantic compound. 手 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 摹
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
to copy | ||
to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) | ||
to imitate | ||
to trace over | ||
imitation |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3008th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 14 |
Unicode | U+6479 |
Shuowen | “摹,規也。从手,莫聲。” |
Sources
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