摹 (mó): (bound form) to imitate, to copy
摹 (mó) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to imitate.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 莫 (phonetic) and 手 (semantic). It ranks #4091 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 摹 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 把 (bǎ, to hold, measure word).
Definitions
- (bound form) to imitate
- to copy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 临摹verb | lín mó | to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) |
| 摹仿 | mó fǎng | variant of 模仿 |
| 摹写verb | mó xiě | to trace over |
| 摹声词 | mó shēng cí | (linguistics) onomatopoeic word |
| 指摹 | zhǐ mó | fingerprint |
| 摹画 | mó huà | to describe |
| 描摹verb | miáo mó | to trace over |
| 摹拟 | mó nǐ | variant of 模擬|模拟 |
摹 appears in 8 compound words: 63 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Example Sentences
美育不是简单教孩子临摹造型、掌握色彩,核心是保护创造力。
měi yù bù shì jiǎn dān jiào hái zǐ lín mó zào xíng , zhǎng wò sè cǎi , hé xīn shì bǎo hù chuàng zào lì .
Aesthetic education is not simply about teaching children to copy forms or master colors; its core is to nurture creativity.
李庭耀 摄 当日,永乐宫壁画临摹基地正式揭牌。
lǐ tíng yào shè dāng rì , yǒng lè gōng bì huà lín mó jī dì zhèng shì jiē pái .
Photo by Li Tingyao. On that day, the Yongle Palace Mural Reproduction Center was officially unveiled.
佛罗伦萨学院美术馆,最早是为了给艺术学院的学生提供一些临摹范本而建造的。
fó luó lún sà xué yuàn měi shù guǎn , zuì zǎo shì wéi le gěi yì shù xué yuàn de xué shēng tí gōng yī xiē lín mó fàn běn ér jiàn zào de .
The Florence Academy Gallery was originally built to provide students at the Academy of Fine Arts with models to copy.
《甲骨文摹本大系》编撰出版期间,已完成新缀合甲骨1200多组。
jiǎ gǔ wén mó běn dà xì biān zhuàn chū bǎn qī jiān , yǐ wán chéng xīn zhuì hé jiǎ gǔ 1 2 0 0 duō zǔ .
During the compilation and publication of *The Comprehensive Series of Oracle Bone Inscription Copies*, more than 1,200 sets of oracle bone inscriptions were successfully reassembled.
节目在记录戍边守护与生态变迁的同时,细腻描摹出藏地民生的温暖蜕变。
jié mù zài jì lù 戍 biān shǒu hù yǔ shēng tài biàn qiān de tóng shí , xì nì miáo mó chū zàng dì mín shēng de wēn nuǎn tuì biàn .
While documenting border defense and ecological changes, the program also vividly portrays the heartwarming transformation in the lives of the Tibetan people.
Character Family
扌 Radical Family — Characters sharing the hand radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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