admire, desire

Phonosemantic compound. ⺗ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
莫 sound component

  Sound component

  

do not

⺗ meaning component

  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

⺗ is a component form of .

Evolution

慕 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
慕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
慕 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
慕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

long for, desire; admire; to admire

Most common words with 慕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

羡慕

to envy

to admire

慕尼黑

München or Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany

爱慕

to adore

仰慕

to admire