Dong Chinese dictionary

móu

plan, scheme

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 某 represents the sound.

Components

言 Meaning component

yán

speech

某 Sound component

mǒu

certain thing or person

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

móu

plan, scheme; stratagem; to plan; to seek; scheme

Most common words with 謀

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