Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

模: imitation, copy

Also: mock

JLPT N114 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 莫 gives the sound

14 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

モmo · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 模範もはんmodel, example
  • 模型もけいmodel, dummy
  • 模様もようpattern, figure, design
  • 模擬試験もぎしけんtrial examination, sham examination
  • 模倣するもほうするimitate, copy
  • 模造するもぞうするimitation, mimic
  • 模写するもしゃするcopy, reproduce

ボbo · on'yomi

  • 規模きぼscale, scope, size

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered

Also read モ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
模 imitation · 木
vs暮 evening · 日
模 has 木 where 暮 has 日.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mó

Same form: 模 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
模 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
模 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mó most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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