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Mandarin · pinyin móu#

barley
to moo
to seek or obtain
old variant of 侔 móu
old variant of 眸 móu

Mandarin · pinyin mù#

used in 牟平 Mù píng (the name of a place in Shandong)
used in 中牟 Zhōng mù (the name of a place in Henan)

Mandarin · pinyin Móu#

surname Mou

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牟: móu · make; seek, get; barley; low

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mau4 · muk6

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(onomatopoeia) the sound of cattle: moo
to seek; to obtain; to seize
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to exceed; to increase; to double
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) broad; great
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) longlasting
(Han dynasty, Sòng-Lǔ dialect) to love
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) look; appearance
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) spear
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 麰 /𮮇 (móu, “barley”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 眸 (móu, “eyeball”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 堥 (“earthen pot”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 侔 (móu, “to be equal”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 鍪 (móu, “helmet”)
(～國) (historical) Mou (an ancient state in modern-day Shandong, China)
a surname

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Used in place names.
a surname

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