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謀: conspire, cheat

Also: impose on, plan, devise, scheme, have in mind, deceive

JLPT N116 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

言 carries the meaning · 某 gives the sound

16 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ボウbou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 参謀さんぼうstaff officer; military staff
  • 陰謀いんぼうplot; intrigue; scheme
  • 共謀きょうぼうconspiracy; collusion; complicity
  • 首謀しゅぼうplotting; planning (crime, intrigue)
  • 無謀むぼうreckless; thoughtless; rash

はかりごとhakarigoto · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 謀はかりごとplan; scheme; stratagem

Also read ム, はかる, たばかる, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
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某

Also built on so-and-so (某)

謀 takes the 某 family's reading, ボウ (bou).

Also read ボウ

31 kanji share this on'yomiAll 31

Also read ム

8 kanji share this on'yomi

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The difference, side by side
謀 conspire · 某
vs課 chapter · 果
謀 has 某 where 課 has 果.
In ChineseSimplified 谋 · traditional, as in Japanese · móu

Japan keeps the traditional form 謀; mainland China simplifies it to 谋.

Simplified
谋 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
謀 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin móu 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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