摩

摩	U+6469, 摩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6469

← 摨
[U+6468]

CJK Unified Ideographs

摪 →
[U+646A]

摩	U+2F8C3, 摩 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8C3

← 㨮
[U+2F8C2]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

摾 →
[U+2F8C4]

Translingual

Han character

摩 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈金手 (ICQ) or 戈木手 (IDQ), four-corner 0025₂, composition ⿸麻手)

Derived characters

嚤, 擵, 藦

Additional Derived Characters

𠘚, 𡾉, 𢣾, 𥗂, 𦇑, 𨣴, 𩉑, 𱇇, 𠠒, 𭢽, 𫾝, 𭣒

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 450, character 28
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12613
Dae Jaweon: page 801, character 10
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1940, character 7
Unihan data for U+6469

Unihan data for U+2F8C3

Chinese

trad.		摩
simp. ^#		摩
alternative forms		擵攠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (麻) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
麻	*mraːl
痲	*mraːl
犘	*mraːl
縻	*mral
醿	*mral
爢	*mral
蘼	mral, mralʔ, *mrɯl
靡	*mralʔ
摩	maːl, maːls
魔	*maːl
磨	maːl, maːls
劘	*maːl
麽	*maːl
麼	*maːlʔ
塺	maːls, mɯːl
麾	*hmral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maːl, *maːls): phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mó, mā (mo², ma¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ, ㄇㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ / mo⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô
Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): mô͘ / mō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mó
  - Wade–Giles: mo²
  - Yale: mwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
  - Palladius: мо (mo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ma
  - Wade–Giles: ma¹
  - Yale: mā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
  - Palladius: ма (ma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵/

Note: mā - used in 摩挲.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mo¹ / mo⁴
  - Yale: mō / mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ / mo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ / mo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵/, /mɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
  - Tâi-lô: môo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘
  - Tâi-lô: mōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²²/

Note: mō͘ - variant used in 達摩.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mo⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mu
  - MiniDict: mu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mu²³/

Middle Chinese: ma, maH

Rime
Character	摩	摩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	莫婆切	摸卧切
Baxter	ma	maH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/mwa^H/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo⁴	mo⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*maːl/, /*maːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	摩	摩
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8704	8711
Phonetic component	麻	麻
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*maːl/	/*maːls/

Definitions

摩

to rub; to scour; to grind
to stroke; to brush
to approach; to touch; to draw near
to study; to investigate; to research
(chemistry) short for 摩爾／摩尔 (mó'ěr, “mole”)

Compounds

三摩地 (sānmódì)
作摩 (zuòmó)
刮摩
厲世摩鈍 / 厉世摩钝
夾被摩痛 / 夹被摩痛
巴勒摩
巴爾的摩 / 巴尔的摩 (Bā'ěrdìmó)
式叉摩那 (shìchàmónà)
心臟按摩 / 心脏按摩
愛斯基摩 / 爱斯基摩 (Àisījīmó)
按摩
按摩器
按摩師 / 按摩师 (ànmóshī)
按摩椅 (ànmóyǐ)
拿摩溫 / 拿摩温 (námówēn)
按摩襪 / 按摩袜
接踵摩肩 (mójiānjiēzhǒng)
揣摩 (chuǎimó)
描摩
提摩太書 / 提摩太书
摩侯羅 / 摩侯罗 (móhóuluó)
摩厲以須 / 摩厉以须
摩合羅 / 摩合罗
摩喉羅 / 摩喉罗
摩天 (mótiān)
摩天大樓 / 摩天大楼 (mótiān dàlóu)
摩天嶺 / 摩天岭
摩天樓 / 摩天楼 (mótiānlóu)
摩天輪 / 摩天轮 (mótiānlún)
摩姑 (mógu)
摩娑
摩孩羅 / 摩孩罗
摩尼教 (Móníjiào)
摩崖 (móyá)
摩崖石刻
摩平
摩弄
摩戛
摩托
摩托自行車 / 摩托自行车 (mótuō zìxíngchē, “moped”)
摩托船
摩托車 / 摩托车 (“motorcycle, motorbike”)
摩拳擦掌 (móquáncāzhǎng)
摩挲
摩擦 (mócā)
摩擦力 (mócālì)
摩擦法
摩擦電 / 摩擦电
摩擦音 (mócāyīn)
摩敦
摩旗相助
摩洛哥 (Móluògē)
摩滅 / 摩灭
摩爾人 / 摩尔人 (mó'ěrrén)
摩爾門經 / 摩尔门经 (Mó'ěrmén Jīng)
摩牙
摩登 (módēng)
摩登女郎
摩睺羅 / 摩睺罗
摩納哥 / 摩纳哥 (Mónàgē)
摩羅精神 / 摩罗精神
摩羯座 (Mójiézuò)
摩耶
摩耶夫人
摩肩如雲 / 摩肩如云
摩肩接踵 (mójiānjiēzhǒng)
摩肩擊轂 / 摩肩击毂
摩肩擦踵
摩西 (Móxī)
摩西律法
摩訶 / 摩诃 (móhē)
摩訶止觀 / 摩诃止观
摩訶羅 / 摩诃罗 (móhēluó)
摩訶薩 / 摩诃萨 (móhēsà)
摩門教 / 摩门教 (Móménjiào)
摩門經 / 摩门经 (Móménjīng)
摩陀 (mótuó)
摩電燈 / 摩电灯
摩頂 / 摩顶 (módǐng)
摩頂受戒 / 摩顶受戒
摩頂受記 / 摩顶受记
摩頂放踵 / 摩顶放踵
摩頂至足 / 摩顶至足
摩頂至踵 / 摩顶至踵
撫摩 / 抚摩 (fǔmó)
撫摩鞠育 / 抚摩鞠育
擊轂摩肩 / 击毂摩肩
擦掌摩拳
滾動摩擦 / 滚动摩擦
破裂摩擦音 (“affricate”)
福爾摩斯 / 福尔摩斯 (Fú'ěrmósī)
福爾摩沙 / 福尔摩沙 (Fú'ěrmóshā)
維摩經 / 维摩经
肩摩
肩摩踵接
肩摩轂擊 / 肩摩毂击
菩提達摩 / 菩提达摩 (Pútídámó)
葛摩 (Gěmó)
薩摩斯島 / 萨摩斯岛
觀摩 / 观摩 (guānmó)
觀摩會 / 观摩会
轂擊肩摩 / 毂击肩摩
達摩 / 达摩 (dámó)
達摩衣 / 达摩衣 (dámóyī)
閻摩 / 阎摩 (Yánmó)
阿摩尼亞 / 阿摩尼亚 (āmóníyà)
靜摩擦力 / 静摩擦力
高可摩天

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (摩):

→ Japanese: 摩(ま) (ma)
→ Korean: 마(摩) (ma)
→ Vietnamese: ma (摩)

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01658

Japanese

Shinjitai	摩
Kyūjitai ^[1]	摩󠄁 摩+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	摩󠄃 摩+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

摩

(Jōyō kanji)

rub; chafe

Readings

Go-on: ま (ma, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ば (ba)
Kun: さする (sasuru, 摩る)、する (suru, 摩る)、すれる (sureru, 摩れる)^{←する (suru, 摩る, historical)}、せまる (semaru, 摩る)、なでる (naderu, 摩でる)^{←なづ (nadu, 摩づ, historical)}、みがく (migaku, 摩く)
Nanori: きよ (kiyo)、なず (nazu)

Compounds

研(けん)摩(ま) (kenma)
摩(ま)滅(めつ) (mametsu)

References

^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 979 (paper), page 539 (digital)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 摩 (MC ma|maH).

Hanja

Wikisource

摩 (eumhun 갈 마 (gal ma))

hanja form^? of 마 (“rub; chafe”)

Compounds

마니 (摩尼, mani)
마찰 (摩擦, machal)
마천 (摩天, macheon)
안마 (按摩, anma)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Tày

Noun

摩 (mừ)

Nôm form of mừ (“hand”).

Vietnamese

Han character

摩: Hán Nôm readings: ma

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[1] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 979 (paper), page 539 (digital)

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