驀
mò

suddenly

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

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmraːɡ

說文解字

上馬也。从馬莫聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

蓦 mò, mà suddenly Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 马 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 驀.

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode