to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract

= + : Mozart (莫) finds Mahatma Gandhi (m) lying motionless in front of the observatory (o1), and since there is none who (莫) is allowed to touch him he uses a toy claw (扌) to feel (摸) his pulse.
variant of 摹[mo2]

摸 character breakdown

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
surname Mo
do not / there is none who

= + + : Mnemonic symbol: 莫扎特, Mozart. Mozart (莫) is giving a concert in the observatory's bathroom (o4). He is sourroundes by sheets of artificial lawn (艹), and since there is none who (莫) is allowed to touch the lawn, it is guarded by a big robot (大). Mahatma Gandhi (m) is in the audience and in the middle of the concert he jumps on the lawn to protest against the sun (日), who is also in the audience, because the sun is responsible for draughts which threaten the farmers. In the end the robot has to carry Gandhi away.

Characters with 摸 as component

摸 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 摸

to gently caress and stroke / to pet / to fondle
to grope about in the dark
to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain
to go through challenging experiences / to become seasoned (in one's profession etc)
to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain / also written 渾水摸魚|浑水摸鱼
to have a clear view (of a situation) / to fish for information / fact-finding
about / around / approximately / also written 約莫|约莫
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees

Sentences with 摸

摸 currently does not appear in any sentence.