谟

謨
mó
noun #42,996

Meanings

  1. 1 a plan; strategy; counsel

Examples

HSK 6
Zhìlǐ guójiā xūyào shēnyuǎn de móu mó.
Governing a state well needs far-sighted strategy.

Tips

history
谟 is not used independently in modern Chinese. It meant a plan or wise counsel and survives chiefly in classical compounds like 宏谟 (a grand strategy) and in the chapter names of the 尚书.
register
Literary; everyday Chinese uses 计谋 or 策略.

Components

radical
讠 yán
speech; words
讠 is the speech radical, a left-side form of 言, since strategy and counsel are delivered through words.
phonetic
莫 mò
do not; none
莫 supplies the sound, with the tone shifting from 莫 to 谟; it is the same phonetic in 模 and 膜.

Stroke Order

谟 mó