摸

摸 (radical 64, 手+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 手廿日大 (QTAK), four-corner 5403₄, composition ⿰扌莫)

• KangXi: page 452, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12644
• Dae Jaweon: page 802, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1929, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6478

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maː, *maːɡ) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ).

摸

1. to touch; to feel (with the hand); to caress

   • 這紙摸起來很粗糙。 [MSC, trad.]
     这纸摸起来很粗糙。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhè zhǐ mō qǐlái hěn cūcāo. [Pinyin]

     This paper feels rough.

   • 他摸了摸男孩的額頭，燒得燙手。 [MSC, trad.]
     他摸了摸男孩的额头，烧得烫手。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā mō le mō nánhái de étóu, shāo de tàng shǒu. [Pinyin]

     He touched the boy's forehead. It was burning hot.

2. to fish for; to fumble; to grope for

   • 他把手伸進上衣口袋裡摸鑰匙。 [MSC, trad.]
     他把手伸进上衣口袋里摸钥匙。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā bǎ shǒu shēn jìn shàngyī kǒudài lǐ mō yàoshi. [Pinyin]

     He dug into his coat pocket for his keys.

   • 他在黑暗中到處瞎摸找另一隻襪子。 [MSC, trad.]
     他在黑暗中到处瞎摸找另一只袜子。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā zài hēi'àn zhōng dàochù xiā mō zhǎo lìng yī zhī wàzǐ. [Pinyin]

     He groped around in the dark for his other sock.

3. to feel out; to sound out
   • 我簡直摸不透他。 / 我简直摸不透他。  ―  Wǒ jiǎnzhí mō bù tòu tā.  ―  I just can't figure him out.
4. to be sluggish

摸

1. Alternative form of 摹 (mó).
2. Used in 摸棱.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• Go-on: まく (maku); も (mo)
• Kan-on: ばく (baku); ぼ (bo)
• Kun: うつす (utsusu, 摸す); さぐる (saguru, 摸る); とる (toru, 摸る)

摸 (eum 모 (mo))

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摸: Hán Nôm readings: mò, mó, mọ, mô, mạc

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