摩

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 麻 + 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), 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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Cantonese

Hanzi

摩 (Yale mo1)

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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)

Readings

• On: ま (ma)
• Kun: 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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Mandarin

Hanzi

摩 (Pinyin mó (mo2), Wade-Giles mo²)

Compounds

• 摩擦 (mócā)
• 摩托車 (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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Middle Chinese

Han character

摩 (*mɑ)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

摩 (POJ mō (mo⁷), mô (mo⁵))

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Vietnamese

Han character

摩 (ma)