牟 (Móu): surname Mou, barley

牟 (Móu) is a Chinese character meaning “surname mou.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 牜 (牜). It ranks #3813 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-96 strokesFrequency #3813

Definitions

  1. surname Mou
  2. barley

Stroke Order

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2
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6

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
牟利móu lìto gain profit (by underhand means)
牟取暴利móu qǔ bào lìto reap huge profits (esp. by unscrupulous means)
牟取móu qǔto gain profit (by underhand means)
释迦牟尼shì jiā móu níShakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
牟平区mù píng qūMuping district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
中牟zhōng mùsee 中牟縣|中牟县[Zhong1 mu4 Xian4]
牟定móu dìngsee 牟定縣|牟定县[Mou2 ding4 Xian4]
牟平mù píngMuping district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
中牟县zhōng mù xiànZhongmu, a county in Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市[Zheng4 zhou1 Shi4], Henan
牟定县móu dìng xiànMouding, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
释迦牟尼佛shì jiā móu ní fóSakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya)
11
Total compounds
64
As first character
9
As last character
27
As middle character

牟 appears in 11 compound words: 64 as the first character, 9 as the last, and 27 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

释迦牟尼ShìjiāmóuníHSK 7+

Śākyamuni; Gautama Buddha

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

牟字由6笔画组成，结构很巧妙。

Móu zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .

The character "牟" consists of six strokes and has a very ingenious structure.

UdnnewsindexMar 2026

...点“岗山之眼”售票员勾结验票员 一票两卖牟利被起诉

. . . diǎn gǎng shān zhī yǎn shòu piào yuán gōu jié yàn piào yuán yī piào liǎng mài Móu lì bèi qǐ sù

Character Family

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 牟 (Móu) mean in Chinese?
牟 (Móu) primarily means "surname mou." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3813 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 牟 have?
牟 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 牟?
The radical associated with 牟 is 牜. This radical appears in many characters related to this concept.
What are common words containing 牟?
Common words with 牟 include: 牟利 (móu lì, "to gain profit (by underhand means)"); 牟取暴利 (móu qǔ bào lì, "to reap huge profits (esp. by unscrupulous means)"); 牟取 (móu qǔ, "to gain profit (by underhand means)"); 释迦牟尼 (shì jiā móu ní, "Shakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)"); 牟平区 (mù píng qū, "Muping district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong"). There are over 11 compound words containing this character.
Is 牟 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 牟 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.