陌 (mak6 maak6 | mo4) : footpath, road

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陌

mak6 maak6

mo4

[1] footpath between fields; road; street
[2] strange; unfamiliar; foreign

Jyutping mak6 is the literary reading; maak6, the colloquial. The latter reading is becoming less commonly used.

Default PoS:

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: (#170)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

陌

This word has been viewed 3039 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Nov 2009 01:14

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陌生 mak6 sang1 mo4 sheng1 = strange, unfamiliar

陌生恐懼 mak6 sang1 hung2 geoi6 mo4 sheng1 kong3 ju4 = fear of the unknown

陌生人 mak6 sang1 jan4 mo4 sheng1 ren2 = a stranger

陌路 mak6 lou6 mo4 lu4 = a stranger

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Decimal representation of this word: 陌
Unicode code for this character: U+964c (off-site link)

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