牟 (móu): surname Mou, barley
牟 (móu) is a Chinese character meaning “barley.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 厶 (structural) and 牛 (semantic). It ranks #3813 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 牟 ox. Its radical form 牜 (牜) appears in many related characters.
Definitions
- surname Mou
- barley
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牟利verb | 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verb | móu qǔ | to gain profit (by underhand means) |
| 释迦牟尼proper-noun | 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, a district of Yantai City 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong |
| 中牟proper-noun | zhōng mù | see 中牟縣|中牟县 |
| 牟定 | móu dìng | see 牟定縣|牟定县 |
| 中牟县 | zhōng mù xiàn | Zhongmu, a county in Zhengzhou City 鄭州市|郑州市, Henan |
| 牟定县 | móu dìng xiàn | Mouding, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan |
| 牟平proper-noun | mù píng | see 牟平區|牟平区 |
| 释迦牟尼佛 | shì jiā móu ní fó | Sakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya) |
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.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 牟 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
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.
牟正洋研究发现，八仙不是天生位列仙班的完人，而是历史上民间筛选出来的凡人代表。
Móu zhèng yáng yán jiū fā xiàn , bā xiān bù shì tiān shēng wèi liè xiān bān de wán rén , ér shì lì shǐ shàng mín jiān shāi xuǎn chū lái de fán rén dài biǎo .
Mu Zhengyang’s research reveals that the Eight Immortals were not perfect beings born into the ranks of the immortals, but rather representatives of ordinary people selected by the people throughout history.
四川成都青白江区弥牟镇狮子村:田间智慧耕耘 村里业态兴旺
sì chuān chéng dōu qīng bái jiāng qū mí Móu zhèn shī zǐ cūn : tián jiān zhì huì gēng yún cūn lǐ yè tài xīng wàng
Shizi Village, Mimu Town, Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan: Smart Farming in the Fields, Thriving Local Economy
...挣钱两不误 参与强控马杜罗行动的美特种兵牟利超40万
. . . zhèng qián liǎng bù wù cān yǔ qiáng kòng mǎ dù luó háng dòng de měi tè zhǒng bīng Móu lì chāo 4 0 wàn
...Balancing work and profit: U.S. special forces soldiers involved in the operation to forcibly remove Maduro made over 400,000 yuan
匹兹堡邮报觅得买家免临结业 获非牟利新闻机构收购
pǐ zī bǎo yóu bào mì dé mǎi jiā miǎn lín jié yè huò fēi Móu lì xīn wén jī gòu shōu gòu
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Finds a Buyer, Avoiding Closure; Acquired by a Nonprofit News Organization
Character Family
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