摩

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maːl, *maːls): phonetic 麻 ‎(OC *mraːl) + semantic 手 ‎(“hand”) – to rub or grind by hand. Note that 麻 also has the meaning of “sesame”, hence connotations of “to grind sesame”.

Han character

摩 (radical 64 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈金手 (ICQ) or 戈木手 (IDQ), four-corner 0025₂, composition ⿸麻手)

1. rub, scour, grind
2. friction

References

• KangXi: page 450, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12613
• Dae Jaweon: page 801, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1940, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6469

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		摩

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mó (mo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹, mo⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): mō / mô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mo²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
    • IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹, mo⁴
    • Yale: mō, mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹, mo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵/, /mɔː²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō / mô
    • Tâi-lô: mō / mô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moi, mooi
    • IPA (Taipei): /mo³³/, /mo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɤ²²/, /mɤ¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /muɑ/, /muɑ^H/▼

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muɑ/	/muɑH/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/muɑH/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/muɑH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/mwaH/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/muɑH/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/muɑH/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/muɑH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	mò

• 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	摩
Old Chinese	/*maːl/	/*maːls/

Definitions

摩

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Compounds

• 摩擦 (mócā)
• 摩托車／摩托车 (mótuōchē, “motorcycle, motorbike”)
• 摩托自行車／摩托自行车 (mótuō zìxíngchē, “moped”)
• 破裂摩擦音 (pòliè mócāyīn, “affricate”)

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Japanese

Ryakuji for 摩, a phono-semantic simplification as 广 (radical/semantic) + マ (phonetic “ma” for on reading), also used for 魔; compare 機 and 議.

Kanji

摩

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: ま (ma)
• Kan’on: ば (ba)
• Kun: さする (sasuru), する (suru)

Compounds

• 研摩
• 摩滅

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Korean

Hanja

摩 • ‎(ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune-Reischauer ma, Yale ma)

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Vietnamese

Han character

摩 (ma)

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