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穆

mù

Character

What 穆 means

1. solemn
2. reverent
3. calm
4. burial position in an ancestral tomb (old)
5. old variant of 默

Other readings

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

• Mùsurname Mu

Example sentences

• 我是穆斯林。
  I am a Muslim.
• 汤姆是穆斯林。
  Tom is a Muslim.
• 你是穆斯林吗？
  Are you Muslim?
• 他真的很想做穆斯林
  Tā zhēn de hěn xiǎng zuò Mùsīlín
  He really wants to be Muslim.
• 穆斯林人也爱耶稣。
  Mùsīlín rén yě ài Yēsū.
  Muslims love Jesus, too.
• 珠穆朗玛峰有多高？
  How high is Mount Everest?

Words starting with 穆

• 穆斯林Mù sī línMuslim
• 穆罕默德Mù hǎn mò déMuhammad (c. 570–632), central figure of Islam and prophet of God
• 穆圣Mù shèngthe Prophet Muhammad
• 穆迪Mù díMoody's, company specializing in financial market ratings
• 穆黑mù hēiIslamophobe
• 穆加贝Mù jiā bèiRobert Mugabe (1924-2019), Zimbabwean ZANU-PF politician, president of Zimbabwe 1987-2017
• 穆夫提mù fū tí(Islam) mufti (loanword from Arabic)
• 穆尔西Mù ěr xīMorsi, Mursi or Morsy (name); Mohamed Morsi (1951-2019), Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood…
• 穆萨维Mù sà wéiMoussavi, Mir Hussein (1941-), candidate in Iran's disputed 2009 elections
• 穆巴拉克Mù bā lā kèHosni Mubarak (1928-2020), former Egyptian President and military commander
• 穆沙拉夫Mù shā lā fūPervez Musharraf (1943-), Pakistani general and politician, president 2001-2008
• 穆索尔斯基Mù suǒ ěr sī jīModest Mussorgsky (1839-1881), Russian composer, composer of Pictures at an Exhibition
• 穆勒鞋mù lè xiémule shoes (loanword)
• 穆桂英Mù Guì yīngMu Guiying, female warrior and heroine of the Yang Saga 杨家将
• 穆棱市Mù líng ShìMuling, a county-level city in Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市
• 穆罕默德六世Mù hǎn mò dé Liù shìKing Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963–)
• 穆罕默德·欧玛Mù hǎn mò dé Ōu mǎ(Taiwan) Mullah Muhammad Omar (1960–2013), Taliban leader, Supreme Leader of Afghanistan…
• 穆通Mù tōngMouton (name); Gabriel Mouton (1618-1694), French clergyman and scientist, pioneer of the…
• 穆棱Mù língsee 穆棱市

Words containing 穆

• 肃穆sù mùsolemn and respectful; serene
• 珠穆朗玛峰Zhū mù lǎng mǎ FēngMount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
• 周穆王Zhōu Mù wángKing Mu, fifth king of Zhou, said to have lived to 105 and reigned 976-922 BC or 1001-947…
• 马穆楚Mǎ mù chǔMamoudzou, capital of Mayotte
• 阿穆尔州Ā mù ěr ZhōuAmur Oblast, in far eastern Russia
• 阿穆尔河Ā mù ěr HéAmur River (the border between northeast China and Russia); same as 黑龙江
• 亚穆苏克罗Yà mù sū kè luóYamoussoukro (city in the Ivory Coast)
• 雅穆索戈Yǎ mù suǒ gēYamoussoukro, capital of Ivory Coast (Tw)
• 喀土穆Kā tǔ mùKhartoum, capital of Sudan
• 珠穆朗玛Zhū mù lǎng mǎMount Everest (from its Tibetan name, Chomolungma)
• 唐穆宗Táng Mù zōngEmperor Muzong of Tang (795-825), reign name of thirteenth Tang emperor 李恒
• 秦穆公Qín Mù gōngDuke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes…
• 东乌珠穆沁旗Dōng wū zhū mù qìn qíEast Ujimqin banner or Züün Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟
• 西乌珠穆沁旗Xī wū zhū mù qìn qíWest Ujimqin banner or Baruun Üzemchin khoshuu in Xilingol League 锡林郭勒盟
• 赫尔穆特·科尔Hè ěr mù tè · Kē ěrHelmut Kohl (1930-), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998
• 拉斯穆森Lā sī mù sēnRasmussen (name)
• 赫尔穆特Hè ěr mù tèHelmut (name)
• 辑穆jí mùvariant of 辑睦
• 雍穆yōng mùvariant of 雍睦

Characters that look like 穆

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

• 橘júmandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 檀tánsandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 撸lū(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down…
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient
• 镫dèngstirrup

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
• 暮evening; sunset
• 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)