模

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic ⺼ + phonetic 莫

Han character

模 (radical 75 木+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 木廿日大 (DTAK), four-corner 4493₄, composition ⿰木莫)

1. model, standard, pattern
2. copy

Related characters

• 募 墓 幕 慕
• 膜

References

• KangXi: page 551, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15453
• Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1261, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6A21

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Cantonese

Hanzi

模 (Yale mou4)

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Japanese

Kanji

模 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: も (mo), ぼ (bo)
• Kun: かた (kata), のっとる (nottoru)

Compounds

• 模型

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Korean

Hanja

模 (hangeul 모, revised mo, McCune-Reischauer mo, Yale mo)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

模 (pinyin mó (mo2), mú (mu2), Wade-Giles mo², mu²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

模 (mô, mo, mọ, mu, mua, mạc, mù)