磨

See also 磿

Translingual

Han character

磨 (radical 112 石+11, 16 strokes, cangjie input 戈金一口 (ICMR), 戈木一口 (IDMR), four-corner 0026₁)

1. grind
2. polish
3. rub
4. wear out

References

• KangXi: page 835, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24449
• Dae Jaweon: page 1253, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2453, character 13
• Unihan data for U+78E8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

磨 (Yale mo4)

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Japanese

Kanji

磨 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: ま (ma)
• Kun: みがく (migaku)

Compounds

• 研磨
• 磨滅

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Korean

Hanja

磨 (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune-Reischauer ma, Yale ma)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

磨 (pinyin mó (mo2), Wade-Giles mo²)

Derived terms

• 磨蹭

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Vietnamese

Han character

磨 (ma, mài)