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牟

móu

Character

What 牟 means

1. barley
2. to moo
3. to seek or obtain
4. old variant of {侔|móu}
5. old variant of {眸|móu}

Other readings

牟 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• mùused in {牟平|Mù píng} (the name of a place in Shandong); used in {中牟|Zhōng mù} (the name of
• Móusurname Mou

Words starting with 牟

• 牟利móu lìto gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; exploitation
• 牟取móu qǔto gain profit (by underhand means); to exploit; see also 谋取
• 牟定县Móu dìng XiànMouding, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州
• 牟平区Mù píng QūMuping, a district of Yantai City 烟台市
• 牟取暴利móu qǔ bào lìto reap huge profits (esp. by unscrupulous means)
• 牟定Móu dìngsee 牟定县
• 牟平Mù píngsee 牟平区

Words containing 牟

• 释迦牟尼Shì jiā móu níShakyamuni (Sanskrit for "the Sage of the Shakyas", i.e. the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama)
• 中牟县Zhōng mù XiànZhongmu, a county in Zhengzhou City 郑州市
• 释迦牟尼佛Shì jiā móu ní fóSakyamuni Buddha (Sanskrit: sage of the Sakya); Siddhartha Gautama (563-485 BC), the…
• 中牟Zhōng mùsee 中牟县

Characters that look like 牟

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

• 李lǐplum
• 孕yùnpregnant
• 羊yángsheep; goat
• 牢láo(literary) pen; fold (for livestock); prison; jail; firm; secure; fast
• 旱hàndrought
• 岑cénsmall hill

Sounds the same

Read móu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 谋to plan; to seek; scheme
• 眸pupil (of the eye); eye
• 缪used in 绸缪
• 鍪(archaic) iron pot; (archaic) battle helmet
• 侔similar; comparable; equal
• 𫓴(archaic) battle helmet (variant of 鍪
• 麰barley
• 蛑marine crab