Depicts a cow (牛) with a stroke above to indicate the mooing of a cow. Based on the original meaning "the sound of a cow". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
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characterless component
Indicates the mooing of a cow. Modern form looks like unrelated 厶.
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Historical Evolution
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Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
牟
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
牟
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
牟
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
牟 [Móu]
surname Mou
牟 [Mù]
see 牟平[Mùpíng]
牟 [móu]
barley; to moo; to seek or obtain; old variant of 侔[móu]; old variant of 眸[móu]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
牟 む
Mu surname
CHINESE WORDS (16)
牟利 [móulì] #24,488
to gain profit (by underhand means)
牟取暴利 [móuqǔbàolì] #38,905
to profiteer
牟取 [móuqǔ] #64,190
to gain profit (by underhand means)
释迦牟尼 [Shìjiāmóuní] #63,387
Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
释迦牟尼 [Shìjiāmóuní] #63,387
Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the historical Buddha and founder of Buddhism
中牟 [Zhōngmù] #44,286
Zhongmu county in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèngzhōu], Henan
中牟县 [Zhōngmóuxiàn] #51,740
Zhongmou county in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèngzhōu], Henan
中牟县 [Zhōngmóuxiàn] #51,740
Zhongmou county in Zhengzhou 鄭州|郑州[Zhèngzhōu], Henan
牟平 [Mùpíng] #55,583
Muping district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
牟平区 [Mùpíngqū] #56,510
Muping district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
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JAPANESE WORDS (7)
KOREAN WORDS (1)