模

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模 U+6A21, 模
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6A21
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Translingual

Stroke order
Mainland China and Japan

Han character

模 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+10, 14 (Mainland China, Japan), 15 (Hong Kong) strokes, cangjie input 木廿日大 (DTAK), four-corner 44934, composition ⿰木莫)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 551, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15453
  • Dae Jaweon: page 939, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1261, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+6A21

Chinese

trad. 模
simp. # 模

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 模
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (莫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蟆 *mraː
鬕 *mraːɡs
饃 *maːl
模 *maː
摸 *maː, *maːɡ
嫫 *maː
謨 *maː
膜 *maː, *maːɡ
摹 *maː
暮 *maːɡs
慕 *maːɡs
募 *maːɡs
墓 *maːɡs
慔 *maːɡs
莫 *maːɡ
寞 *maːɡ
漠 *maːɡ
幕 *maːɡ
鏌 *maːɡ
瘼 *maːɡ
鄚 *maːɡ
瞙 *maːɡ
嗼 *maːɡ, *mraːɡ
塻 *maːɡ
貘 *mraːɡ
驀 *mraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maː): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 模
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 模 (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 莫胡切
Baxter mu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/muo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/muo/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mo/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mɔ/
Li
Rong 		/mo/
Wang
Li 		/mu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/muo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mou4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 模
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		mó
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mu ›
Old
Chinese 		/*mˁa/
English model

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 模
Reading # 1/1
No. 9241
Phonetic
component 		莫
Rime
group 		魚
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		模
Old
Chinese 		/*maː/

Definitions

模

Wikipedia has articles on:
  1. model; standard; example
  2. to copy; to imitate
  3. short for 模特 (mótè, “model; fashion model”)
    名模  ―  míngmó  ―  famous fashion model
    𡃁模   ―  leng1 mou4   ―  young model; pseudo-model
  4. short for 模範／模范 (mófàn, “model person; role model”)
  5. short for 模擬／模拟 (mónǐ, “to imitate; to mock”)
  6. (mathematics) modulus
    同餘的模／同余的模  ―  tóngyú de mó  ―  modulus of congruence
  7. (mathematics) modulo
    5與8同餘模3。
    5与8同余模3。
    Wǔ yǔ bā tóngyú mó sān.
    5 and 8 are congruent modulo 3.
  8. (mathematics) modular
    模形式  ―  móxíngshì  ―  modular form
  9. (mathematics) module
    自由模  ―  zìyóumó  ―  free module
  10. a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Note:
  • mou4 - "appearance" or "mold";
  • mou4-2 - "mold".
Note:
  • mo5 - literary;
  • bhou5 - vernacular.

    Definitions

    模

    1. appearance
    2. mold; matrix; shape; pattern

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    模

    (Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

    Readings

    Compounds

    Etymology 1

    Kanji in this term
    模
    も
    Grade: 6
    goon

    From Middle Chinese 模 (MC mu).

    The goon pronunciation, so likely the initial borrowing.

    Pronunciation

    Affix

    模(も) • (mo) 

    1. model; pattern
    2. appearance
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Kanji in this term
    模
    ぼ
    Grade: 6
    kan'on

    From Middle Chinese 模 (MC mu).

    The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.

    Pronunciation

    Affix

    模(ぼ) • (bo) 

    1. (uncommon) Same as も (mo) above
    Derived terms

    Etymology 3

    Kanji in this term
    模
    かたぎ
    Grade: 6
    kun'yomi
    For pronunciation and definitions of 模 – see the following entry.
    【かたぎ】
    carving wooden block used to dye patterns on cloth, paper, etc.
    printing wooden block
    model; pattern
    Alternative spelling
    形木
    (This term, 模, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

    Korean

    Hanja

    模 (eumhun 법 모 (beop mo))

    1. hanja form? of 모 (“model, standard, pattern”)

    模 (eumhun 본뜰 모 (bontteul mo))

    1. hanja form? of 모 (“copy, imitate”)

    Compounds

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    模: Hán Nôm readings: mô, mo, mọ, mu, mua, mạc, mù

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