摸 mō
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 莫 cannot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
摸索
mōsuǒ
to explore; grope for; find through trial and error
Characters in this word
索 suǒ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 糸 — silk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 新团队在没有现成经验可借鉴的情况下，只能边试点边摸索。 Xīn tuánduì zài méiyǒu xiànchéng jīngyàn kě jièjiàn de qíngkuàng xià, zhǐ néng biān shìdiǎn biān mōsuǒ. With no ready-made experience to draw on, the new team could only pilot and explore at the same time.
- 停电了，他在黑暗中摸索着找手电筒。 Tíng diàn le, tā zài hēi'àn zhōng mōsuǒ zhe zhǎo shǒudiàntǒng. The power went out, and he groped around in the dark for the flashlight.
- 我刚学做饭的时候，一直在慢慢摸索自己的做法。 Wǒ gāng xué zuòfàn de shíhou, yìzhí zài mànmàn mōsuǒ zìjǐ de zuòfǎ. When I first learned to cook, I kept slowly figuring out my own way.
Related words
- 摸 mō to touch; to feel with the hand
- 触摸 chùmō to touch
- 抚摸 fǔmō to stroke; to gently touch
- 搜索 sōusuǒ to search; search
- 线索 xiànsuǒ clue
- 探索 tànsuǒ to explore
- 不假思索 bùjiǎsīsuǒ without thinking; without hesitation
- 导火索 dǎohuǒsuǒ fuse; trigger; immediate cause
- 利索 lìsuo neat; nimble; efficient
- 思索 sīsuǒ to think deeply; to ponder
- 索赔 suǒpéi to claim compensation
- 索取 suǒqǔ to ask for; to demand; to obtain