Chinese Character Wiki

磨

mó, mò

grind

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 麻 represents the sound.

Components
石 meaning component

石  Meaning component

shí, dàn

  

stone

麻 sound component

麻  Sound component

má

  

hemp

Evolution

磨 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
磨 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

磨  

mó

grind; polish; rub; wear out; a millstone; to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist

磨  

mò

grindstone; to turn round

Most common words with 磨
Freq.
Word
Meaning

折磨

to torment

磨

to rub

琢磨

to ponder

磨损

abrasion

消磨

to sap

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

蘑 耱

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mˤaj

ma

mó

rub, grind

*mˤaj-s

maH

mò

grinding stone


Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 29.5691% of movies

1291st most common character in movies

1537th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+78E8


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