亩 (mǔ): classifier for fields, unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
亩 (mǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “classifier for fields.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亠 (structural) and 田 (semantic). It ranks #2290 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 亩 field. Its radical form 亠 (lid) appears in many related characters such as 京 (jīng, capital city of a country), 交 (jiāo, to hand over), 亮 (liàng, bright).
Definitions
- classifier for fields
- unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 英亩 | yīng mǔ | acre |
| 一亩三分地 | yī mǔ sān fēn dì | a piece of land of 1.3 mu 畝|亩[mu3] |
| 地亩 | dì mǔ | area of farmland |
| 公亩 | gōng mǔ | are (1 are = 1⁄100 hectare, or 100 m²) |
| 田亩 | tián mǔ | field |
亩 appears in 5 compound words: 0 as the first character, 80 as the last, and 20 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 亩 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
亩字由7笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
mǔ zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character "mu" consists of seven strokes and has a very ingenious structure.
河北广平万亩油菜花盛放 金色花海醉游人
hé běi guǎng píng wàn mǔ yóu cài huā shèng fàng jīn sè huā hǎi zuì yóu rén
顺义李桥镇规划建设300余亩镇级产业园区,虹桥智汇空间揭牌
shùn yì lǐ qiáo zhèn guī huá jiàn shè 3 0 0 yú mǔ zhèn jí chǎn yè yuán qū , hóng qiáo zhì huì kōng jiān jiē pái
...le Data将在密歇根州收购48.5英亩土地用于扩张
. . . l e D a t a jiāng zài mì xiē gēn zhōu shōu gòu 4 8 . 5 yīng mǔ tǔ dì yòng yú kuò zhāng
无人机巡航、精准“取证”,33余亩涉农土地租赁纠纷一日化解
wú rén jī xún háng , jīng zhǔn qǔ zhèng , 3 3 yú mǔ shè nóng tǔ dì zū lìn jiū fēn yī rì huà jiě
...026年湖南力争粮食面积稳定在7150万亩左右
. . . 0 2 6 nián hú nán lì zhēng liáng shí miàn jī wěn dìng zài 7 1 5 0 wàn mǔ zuǒ yòu
...In 2026, Hunan aims to maintain its grain-growing area at around 71.5 million mu
牧场的面积有10英亩。
Mùchǎng de miànjī yǒu 10 yīngmǔ.
The pasture has an area of 10 acres.
那个牧场有十英亩大。
Nàge mùchǎng yǒu shí yīngmǔ dà.
That pasture is ten acres.
Character Family
亠 Radical Family — Characters sharing the lid radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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