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牟

móu, mù

seek, get

Original meaning: 

the sound of a cow

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.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Indicates the mooing of a cow. Modern form looks like unrelated 厶.

牛 iconic component

牛  Iconic component

niú

  

cow

Depicts the head of a cow.

Evolution

牟 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
牟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
牟 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
牟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

牟  

móu

make; seek, get; barley; low; to moo; to seek or obtain; old variant of 侔[móu]; old variant of 眸[móu]

牟  

Móu

surname Mou

牟  

Mù

see 牟平[Mù​píng]

Most common words with 牟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

牟利

to exploit

牟

barley

牟取暴利

to profiteer

牟取

to exploit

释迦牟尼

Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)

Component uses

Sound component in 6 characters (0 verified)

眸 蛑 哞 侔 毪 鉾

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2854th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+725F

Shuowen

“牟，牛鳴也。从牛，象其聲气从口出。”


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