摩

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摩 U+6469, 摩
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6469
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摩 U+2F8C3, 摩
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Translingual

Han character

摩 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈金手 (ICQ) or 戈木手 (IDQ), four-corner 00252, composition ⿸麻手)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 450, character 28
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12613
  • Dae Jaweon: page 801, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1940, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+6469

Chinese

trad. 摩
simp. # 摩
alternative forms 擵
攠

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (麻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
麻 *mraːl
痲 *mraːl
犘 *mraːl
縻 *mral
醿 *mral
爢 *mral
蘼 *mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl
靡 *mralʔ
摩 *maːl, *maːls
魔 *maːl
磨 *maːl, *maːls
劘 *maːl
麽 *maːl
麼 *maːlʔ
塺 *maːls, *mɯːl
麾 *hmral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maːl, *maːls): phonetic 麻 (OC *mraːl) + semantic 手 (“hand”).

Pronunciation

Note: mā - used in 摩挲.
Note: mō͘ - variant used in 達摩.
Rime
Character 摩 摩
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 戈 (95) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 莫婆切 摸卧切
Baxter ma maH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muɑ/ /muɑH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/muɑ/ /muɑH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/muɑ/ /muɑH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mwa/ /mwaH/
Li
Rong 		/muɑ/ /muɑH/
Wang
Li 		/muɑ/ /muɑH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/muɑ/ /muɑH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mó mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mo4 mo6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 摩 摩
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 8704 8711
Phonetic
component 		麻 麻
Rime
group 		歌 歌
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		摩
Old
Chinese 		/*maːl/ /*maːls/

Definitions

摩

  1. to rub; to scour; to grind
  2. to stroke; to brush
  3. to approach; to touch; to draw near
  4. to study; to investigate; to research
  5. (chemistry) Short for 摩爾／摩尔 (mó'ěr, “mole”).

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (摩):
  • → Japanese: 摩(ま) (ma)
  • → Korean: 마(摩) (ma)
  • → Vietnamese: ma (摩)

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 摩
Kyūjitai
[1]
摩󠄁
摩+󠄁?
(Adobe-Japan1)
摩󠄃
摩+󠄃?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Ryakuji for 摩, a phono-semantic simplification as 广 (radical/semantic) + マ (phonetic “ma” for on reading), also used for 魔; compare 機 and 議.

Kanji

摩

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. rub; chafe

Readings

Compounds

References

  1. ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 979 (paper), page 539 (digital)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 摩 (MC ma|maH).

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

摩 (eumhun 갈 마 (gal ma))

  1. hanja form? of 마 (“rub; chafe”)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Tày

Noun

摩 (mừ)

  1. Nôm form of mừ (“hand”).

Vietnamese

Han character

摩: Hán Nôm readings: ma

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