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摸mō

to touch. 13 strokes, radical 扌, first met in HSK 4.

Pinyin mōStrokes 13Radical 扌Band HSK 4Words 1

How to write 摸

Strokes 1–3 write 扌, then strokes 4–13 write 莫.

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Stroke order chart for 摸 — 13 strokes, radical 扌

Write 摸 on the grid

Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.

Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 摸 · the stroke-order rules

What 摸 is made of

扌 (shǒu, hand) and 莫 (mò, cannot).

扌 carries the meaning — hand — and 莫 carries the sound.

Words that use 摸

摸(mō) to touch
用手接触、感受东西的质感

大师伸手摸了柔软的面料。The master reached out and touched the soft fabric.

Lesson 318, 霓裳华彩与艺境探微 · 霓裳艺韵与杏林深衷 · Fashion Aesthetics, Healing Fortitude & Academic Nurture

Characters that share the sound part 莫

Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.

模mó幕mù漠mò膜mó墓mù

More characters with the radical 扌

All 105 of them, and what the radical means, on the 手 radical page.

找zhǎo拿ná手shǒu打dǎ报bào才cái掉diào护hù换huàn接jiē拉lā排pái提tí挺tǐng推tuī搬bān持chí按àn把bǎ握wò指zhǐ技jì播bō挂guà据jù拍pāi批pī抓zhuā抱bào摆bǎi括kuò操cāo扬yáng擦cā承chéng担dān