摩

摩	U+6469, 摩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6469

摩	U+2F8C3, 摩 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8C3

← 㨮
[U+2F8C2]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement

摾 →
[U+2F8C4]

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

𠘚, 嚤, 𡾉, 𢣾, 擵, 𥗂, 𦇑, 𨣴, 𩉑, 𠠒, 𭢽, 𫾝, 𭣒, 藦

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

Unihan data for U+2F8C3

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mó, mā (mo², ma¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ, ㄇㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ / mo⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô
Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): mô͘ / mō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶mu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mó
  - Wade–Giles: mo²
  - Yale: mwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
  - Palladius: мо (mo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mā
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ma
  - Wade–Giles: ma¹
  - Yale: mā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mha
  - Palladius: ма (ma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä⁵⁵/

Note: mā - used in 摩挲.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mo¹ / mo⁴
  - Yale: mō / mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ / mo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ / mo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵/, /mɔː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô
  - Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹
  - Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘
  - Tâi-lô: môo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: moo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘
  - Tâi-lô: mōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²²/

Note: mō͘ - variant used in 達摩.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mo⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶mu
  - MiniDict: mu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mu²³/

Middle Chinese: ma, maH

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/	/muɑ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa/	/mwa^H/
Li Rong	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Wang Li	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ/	/muɑ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mó	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mo⁴	mo⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*maːl/, /*maːls/

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

to rub; to scour; to grind
to stroke; to brush
to approach; to touch; to draw near
to study; to investigate; to research
(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

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01658

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)

rub; chafe

Readings

Go-on: ま (ma, Jōyō)
Kan-on: ば (ba)
Kun: さする (sasuru, 摩る)、する (suru, 摩る)、すれる (sureru, 摩れる)^{←する (suru, 摩る, historical)}、せまる (semaru, 摩る)、なでる (naderu, 摩でる)^{←なづ (nadu, 摩づ, historical)}、みがく (migaku, 摩く)
Nanori: きよ (kiyo)、なず (nazu)

Compounds

研(けん)摩(ま) (kenma)
摩(ま)滅(めつ) (mametsu)

References

^ 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:

摩

Wikisource

摩 (eumhun 갈 마 (gal ma))

hanja form^? of 마 (“rub; chafe”)

Compounds

마찰 (摩擦, machal)
안마 (按摩, anma)
마천 (摩天, macheon)
마니 (摩尼, mani)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Tày

Noun

摩 (mừ)

Nôm form of mừ (“hand”).

Vietnamese

Han character

摩: Hán Nôm readings: ma

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[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)

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