陌 meaning and stroke order
Strange, unfamiliar; a foot path between rice fields
How to write 陌, stroke by stroke
8 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 陌
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- raised path
- street
How 陌 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. A large 百 city 阝, representing an unfamiliar place.
Radical: 阝 (place), shared by 160 characters on this site.
How to remember 陌
陌 combines 阝 (a city or mound on the left) with 百 (bǎi, hundred). Picture a city of a hundred streets, so big that most of its paths feel strange and unfamiliar to you.
Today 陌 is almost always seen in 陌生 (mòshēng, unfamiliar) and 陌生人 (mòshēngrén, stranger). The old sense of a path between fields survives mainly in literary phrases. Example: 不要跟陌生人走。(Bú yào gēn mòshēngrén zǒu.) Don't go off with strangers.
Common mistake: Learners often write the right side as 白 (bái) and forget the top stroke of 百. Also remember the tone is fourth tone mò, not the first tone of 摸 (mō).
Common words with 陌
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
陌 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 陌
How many strokes are in 陌?
陌 is written with 8 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 陌 mean?
陌 (mò) means strange, unfamiliar; a foot path between rice fields. A common word with it is 陌生 (mòshēng), meaning "strange; unfamiliar".
How do you pronounce 陌?
陌 is pronounced mò, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 陌?
The radical of 陌 is 阝, which carries the idea of "place". Dictionaries list 陌 under this radical.
Is 陌 on the HSK exam?
Yes. 陌 is part of the HSK 7-9 character list in the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the difference between 陌生 and 奇怪?
陌生 (mòshēng) means unfamiliar because you have not seen or known something before. 奇怪 (qíguài) means strange in the sense of odd or weird. A new city is 陌生, but a weird noise is 奇怪.
What does 阡陌 mean?
阡陌 (qiānmò) is a literary word for the crisscrossing paths between fields. It reflects the older meaning of 陌 as a raised path between rice fields, and you will mostly meet it in poetry or formal writing.