摩 mó
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 手 — hand
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
摩托
mótuō
motorcycle
Characters in this word
托 tuō
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 乇 to depend on, to entrust with
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 爸爸骑摩托。 Bàba qí mótuō. Dad rides a motorcycle.
- 摩托很快。 Mótuō hěn kuài. The motorcycle is very fast.
- 我买了摩托。 Wǒ mǎi le mótuō. I bought a motorcycle.
Related words
- 按摩 ànmó massage; to massage
- 摩擦 mócā friction; rubbing
- 委托 wěituō to entrust; to ask someone to do something
- 启动 qǐdòng to start; to launch
- 物质 wùzhì substance; material
- 机制 jīzhì mechanism
- 热量 rèliàng calories; heat energy
- 机器人 jīqìrén robot
- 能量 néngliàng energy
- 卫星 wèixīng satellite
- 振动 zhèndòng to vibrate; vibration
- 月球 yuèqiú the Moon