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 (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

• 𠘚, 嚤, 𡾉, 𢣾, 擵, 𥗂, 𦇑, 𨣴, 𩉑, 𠠒, 𭢽, 𫾝, 𭣒, 藦

References

• KangXi: 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		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, 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
• Min Dong (BUC): mò̤
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘ / mō͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): mu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mó
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
    • Wade–Giles: mo2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mwɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mā
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
    • Wade–Giles: ma1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ma
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵/

Note: mā - used in 摩挲.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹, mo⁴
    • Yale: mō, mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹, mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹, mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵/, /mɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (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
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: mu (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mv̩ʷ²³/

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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
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	摩
Old Chinese	/*maːl/	/*maːls/

Definitions

摩

1. to rub; to scour; to grind
2. to stroke; to brush
3. to approach; to touch; to draw near
4. to study; to investigate; to research
5. (chemistry) Short for 摩爾／摩尔 (mó'ěr, “mole”).

Compounds

Derived terms from 摩

• 三摩地
• 作摩
• 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
• 心臟按摩／心脏按摩
• 愛斯基摩／爱斯基摩 (Àisījīmó)
• 拿摩溫／拿摩温 (námówēn)
• 按摩 (ànmó)
• 按摩器
• 按摩師／按摩师 (ànmóshī)
• 按摩椅 (ànmóyǐ)
• 按摩襪／按摩袜
• 接踵摩肩
• 描摩
• 提摩太書／提摩太书
• 揣摩 (chuǎimó)
• 摩侯羅／摩侯罗
• 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
• 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 (mótuō)
• 摩托自行車／摩托自行车 (“moped”)
• 摩托船 (mótuōchuán)
• 摩托車／摩托车 (mótuōchē, “motorcycle, motorbike”)
• 摩拳擦掌 (móquáncāzhǎng)
• 摩挲 (mósuō)
• 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
• 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
• 摩訶薩／摩诃萨
• 摩門教／摩门教 (Móménjiào)
• 摩門經／摩门经 (Móménjīng)
• 摩陀
• 摩電燈／摩电灯
• 摩頂／摩顶
• 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
• 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
• 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

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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)

1. rub; chafe

Readings

• Go-on: ま (ma, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ば (ba)
• Kun: さする (sasuru, 摩る); する (suru, 摩る)

Compounds

• 研摩
• 摩滅

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 摩 (MC muɑ, muɑ^H).

Hanja

Wikisource

摩 (eumhun 갈 마 (gal ma))

1. Hanja form^? of 마 (“rub; chafe”).

Compounds

Compounds

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

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]

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Vietnamese

Han character

摩: Hán Nôm readings: ma

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