摸 (mō)
to touch; to feel; to pet
How 摸 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 摸
- Simplified
- 摸 (unchanged)
摸 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- mō
- to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope
- mó
- variant of 摹[mo2]
Common words using 摸
- 估摸 gūmo
- to reckon; to guess
- 捉摸 zhuōmō
- to predict (often uncertain); to grope (for the truth); to fathom
- 摸爬滾打 mōpágǔndǎ
- to go through arduous training or hard work
- 摸索 mōsuo
- to feel about; to grope about; to fumble
- 摸黑 mōhēi
- to grope about in the dark
- 撫摸 fǔmō
- to gently caress and stroke; to pet; to fondle
- 觸摸 chùmō
- touch
- 觸摸屏 chùmōpíng
- touchscreen
- 偷偷摸摸 tōutōumōmō
- surreptitious; sneaky
- 偷雞摸狗 tōujīmōgǒu
- to imitate the dog and steal chicken (idiom); to dally with women; to have affairs
- 摸排 mōpái
- thorough search
- 摸牌 mōpái
- to draw a tile (at mahjong); to play mahjong
摸 in a sentence
我可以摸摸你的狗嗎？
Wǒ kěyǐ mōmo nǐ de gǒu ma?
“Can I pet your dog?”
How common is 摸?
摸 is the 1,365th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 93.5% of all running text.
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