móu

make

Components
厶 unknown component

  Unknown component

mǒu

  

private, selfish

牛 meaning component

  Meaning component

niú

  

cow

ox

Evolution

牟 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
牟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
牟 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
牟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

móu

make; seek, get; barley; low; to moo; to seek or obtain; old variant of [móu]; old variant of [móu]

 

Móu

surname Mou

 

see 牟平[Mù​píng]

Most common words with 牟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

牟利

to exploit

barley

牟取暴利

to profiteer

牟取

to exploit

释迦牟尼

Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2854th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+725F

Shuowen

“牟,牛鳴也。从牛,象其聲气从口出。”


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