모

모 U+BAA8, 모 HANGUL SYLLABLE MO Composition: ㅁ + ㅗ ← 몧 [U+BAA7] Hangul Syllables 목 → [U+BAA9]

모목몪몫몬몭몮 몯몰몱몲몳몴몵 몶몷몸몹몺못몼 몽몾몿뫀뫁뫂뫃
몌 ←	→ 뫄

Korean

Etymology 1

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Noun

모 • (mo)

1. (母) mother
2. (毛) wool

Etymology 2

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 뫃 (Yale: mwoh).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [모]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mo
McCune–Reischauer?	mo
Yale Romanization?	mo

Noun

모 • (mo)

1. protrusion
2. corner
3. angle
4. aspect

Synonyms

• (corner): 귀퉁이 (gwitung'i), 귀 (gwi); 모퉁이 (motung'i), 모서리 (moseori)

Derived terms

• 네모 (nemo, “rectangle, quadrangle, square”)
• 세모 (semo, “triangle”)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 某

Noun

모 • (mo) (hanja 某)

1. Used in place of a person's given name, for anonymity purposes.

   김 모(20)씨 ― gim mo(20)ssi ― Mx. Kim (20)

Etymology 4

Sino-Korean word from 墓

Noun

모 • (mo) (hanja 墓)

1. (Yukjin, Russia) a grave, tomb

Synonyms

• (standard Korean) 묘 (myo)