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摸
mō
1. to feel with the hand
2. to touch
3. to stroke
4. to grope
5. to steal
6. to abstract
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 14 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

摸
mō
to caress, to stroke, to gently touch
HSK 5 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

估摸
gūmo
to reckon
咂摸
zāmo
(dialect) to savor
学摸
xuémo
variant of [[踅摸<xuémo>]]
捉摸
zhuōmō
to fathom
探摸
tànmō
to feel for sth
摸吧
mōbā
touch bar (hostess bar that allows physical contact)
摸彩
mōcǎi
to draw lots
摸排
mōpái
thorough search
摸牌
mōpái
to draw a tile (at mahjong)
摸索
mōsuo
to feel about
HSK 6
摸脉
mōmài
to feel sb's pulse
摸象
mōxiàng
to touch an elephant (of proverbial blind people)
摸鱼
mōyú
to catch fish
摸黑
mōhēi
to grope about in the dark
抚摸
fǔmō
to gently caress and stroke
HSK 6
约摸
yuēmo
about
触摸
chùmō
to touch
踅摸
xuémo
to look for
不摸头
bùmōtóu
not acquainted with the situation
摸不着
mōbuzháo
unable to clearly understand (a situation etc)

Alternate Entries

摸
mó
variant of [[摹<mó>]]
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,366
Word Frequency Rank
1,865 of 84,292

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