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某
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such and such

HSK 3 N1
Nature →Plants →Trees
mǒu
ボウ
それがし、なにがし
모, 매
Depicts a sweet (甘) fruit in a tree (木). Based on the original meaning "plum", now written as 梅. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Components
甘 sweet+ 木 tree =
某 such and such
甘 Iconic component
gān sweet
sweetness
木 Iconic component
mù tree
Notes
Similar Characters
柑 Loose-Skinned Tangerine坩 vessel拑 to clamp敢 brave泔 water from washing疳 childhood diseases紺 dark blue (trad/jp)绀 dark blue or (simp)苷 licorice蚶 kind of clam邯 city in Hebei province酣 merry鉗 pliers (trad)钳 pliers (simp)嵌 fall猒 satiate甚 tremendously魯 Lu (trad)鲁 stupid (simp)智 wisdom
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
某
Regular
Modern
Chinese
某 [mǒu]
some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such
Japanese
何がし 、 何某 、 某 なにがし 、 なにぼう 同音
  1. nounadj-no usually kana certain amount; some (usu. in the form なにがしか)
  2. pronoun certain person; Mr So-and-so; a certain ...
  3. pronoun humblearchaic I; me
某 それがし 同音

pronoun

  1. archaic someone; unknown person
  2. archaic I; me (used by samurai)
某 ぼう 同音
  1. nounprefix certain; one
  2. pronoun archaichumblemale I; me
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
その事故は某映画スターの酔っぱらい運転のせいだった。
The accident was due to the drunken driving of a certain film star.
Japanese Names
某 すえがみ
Suegami unclassified name
某 すえすが
Suesuga unclassified name
某 すえたか
Suetaka unclassified name
某 すえのぶ
Suenobu unclassified name
某 すえもり
Suemori unclassified name
某 のりかず
Norikazu unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (13)
某些 [mǒu​xiē] #1,639
some
某种 [mǒu​zhǒng] #1,340
some kind (of)
某种 [mǒu​zhǒng] #1,340
some kind (of)
某人 [mǒu​rén] #2,142
someone
某某 [mǒu​mǒu] #19,870
so-and-so
某地 [mǒu​dì] #16,986
somewhere
某甲 [mǒu​jiǎ] #48,360
somebody
某事 [mǒu​shì]
something
某处 [mǒu​chù]
somewhere
某时 [mǒu​shí]
sometime
3 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (12)
誰それ [だれそれ] #33,562
a certain someone
某所 [ぼうしょ] #36,380
certain place
何がし [なにがし] #44,198
certain amount
某国 [ぼうこく] #47,236
certain country
某日 [ぼうじつ] #48,369
certain day
某氏 [ぼうし] #79,256
a certain person
某月 [ぼうげつ] #80,884
a certain month
某社 [ぼうしゃ] #105,181
certain company
某々 [ぼうぼう] #108,305
so-and-so
某省 [ぼうしょう] #188,897
a certain ministry
2 more items
KOREAN WORDS (1)
모처
somewhere