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暮

mù

Character

What 暮 means

1. evening
2. sunset

Words starting with 暮

• 暮色mù sètwilight
• 暮年mù niánone's declining years; one's old age
• 暮景mù jǐngan evening scene; fig. one's old age
• 暮岁mù suìthe last days of the year; old age
• 暮气mù qìevening mist; fig. declining spirits; lethargy
• 暮色苍茫mù sè cāng mángthe hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
• 暮鼓晨钟mù gǔ chén zhōnglit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice…
• 暮霭mù ǎievening mist

Words containing 暮

• 日暮rì mùsunset
• 朝思暮想zhāo sī mù xiǎngto yearn for sth day and night (idiom)
• 迟暮chí mù(literary) dusk; twilight; (fig.) the twilight of one's life; one's declining years
• 向暮xiàng mùtowards evening
• 岁暮suì mùend of the year
• 薄暮bó mùdusk; twilight
• 垂暮之年chuí mù zhī niánold age
• 日暮途穷rì mù tú qióngsunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline; at a dead end
• 晨钟暮鼓chén zhōng mù gǔlit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom)…
• 朝朝暮暮zhāo zhāo mù mùfrom dawn to dusk; all the time
• 朝生暮死zhāo shēng mù sǐlit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom); fig. ephemeral; transient
• 朝秦暮楚zhāo Qín mù Chǔserve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom); quick to switch sides
• 朝三暮四zhāo sān mù sìlit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom)…

Characters built on 莫

These share the phonetic component 莫 (mò), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 慕mùto admire
• 募mùto canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum

Characters that look like 暮

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 暴bàosudden; violent; cruel
• 幕mùcurtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 寨zhàistronghold; stockade; camp
• 慕mùto admire
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 摹mó(bound form) to imitate; to copy

Sounds the same

Read mù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 目eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh
• 慕to admire
• 木(bound form) tree; (bound form) wood; unresponsive; numb; wooden
• 幕curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general
• 牧to herd; to breed livestock; to govern (old)
• 墓grave; tomb; mausoleum
• 沐to bathe; to cleanse; to receive
• 睦amicable; harmonious
• 穆solemn; reverent; calm
• 募to canvass for contributions; to collect; to raise; to recruit; to enlist
• 牟used in 牟平; used in 中牟
• 钼molybdenum (chemistry)