磨 (mó)
To grind; to polish; to wear down; to delay.
How 磨 is written
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 麻 — hemp
- Traditional
- 磨
- Simplified
- 磨 (unchanged)
磨 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- mó
- to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen
- mò
- grindstone; to grind; to turn round
Common words using 磨
- 折磨 zhémó
- to persecute; to torment
- 磨坊 mòfáng
- mill
- 打磨 dǎmó
- polish; grind
- 消磨 xiāomó
- to wear down; to sap; to whittle away
- 現磨 xiànmó
- freshly ground
- 琢磨 zhuómó
- to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work
- 研磨 yánmó
- milling; to grind; to polish by grinding
- 磨合 móhé
- to break in; to wear in
- 磨嘰 mòjī
- to dawdle; to waste time
- 磨損 mósǔn
- wear and tear; abrasion
- 磨滅 mómiè
- to obliterate; to erase
- 磨煉 móliàn
- see 磨練|磨练[mo2 lian4]
磨 in a sentence
我喜歡自己磨咖啡豆。
Wǒ xǐhuān zìjǐ mó kāfēidòu.
“I like to grind my own coffee beans.”
How common is 磨?
磨 is the 1,535th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 94.8% of all running text.
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