模糊 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

móhumóhú HSK5

vague

mó, mú model

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.

木 Meaning component

mù tree

莫 Sound component

mò, mo do not

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	mu	mˤa	model

《說文》：“模，法也。从木，莫聲。讀若嫫母之嫫。”

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 胡 represents the sound.

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

胡 Sound component

hú beard

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hu	Cə.[g]ˤa (~ *C.[g]ˤa; no pre-Qín exx.)	to paste (v.)