谟
mó

scheme

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 謨.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

謨 scheme Traditional

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

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmumˤ[a]deliberate (v.)
Zhengzhangmaː
Unicodemò

說文解字

議謀也。从言莫聲。《虞書》曰：“咎繇謨。”

Sources

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