谋
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to plan; to seek; scheme
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #946 U+8C0B
How 谋 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 某 (phonetic, mǒu)
How to remember it
scheme · Heisig RSH #2734
words + 某 such and such
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 某
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 某 (mǒu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 某 sound component | mǒu | some, someone; a certain thing or person |
| 媒 | méi | go-between, matchmaker; medium |
| 煤 | méi | carbon, charcoal, coal, coke |
Words containing 谋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 道不同不相为谋 | dào bù tóng bù xiāng wéi móu | lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together; to go separate ways (idi… |
| 谋事在人，成事在天 | móu shì zài rén , chéng shì zài tiān | planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes. |
| 自谋出路 | zì móu chū lù | (idiom) to take matters into one's own hands; to go it alone; to fend for oneself; to find… |
| 不谋而合 | bù móu ér hé | to agree without prior consultation; to happen to hold the same view |
| 不在其位，不谋其政 | bù zài qí wèi , bù móu qí zhèng | don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius) |
| 元谋县 | Yuán móu Xiàn | Yuanmou, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi… |
| 善自为谋 | shàn zì wéi móu | to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom) |
| 谋生 | móu shēng | to seek one's livelihood; to work to support oneself; to earn a living |
| 共谋者 | gòng móu zhě | conspirator |
| 素未谋面 | sù wèi móu miàn | (idiom) to have never met; to be complete strangers |
| 机谋 | jī móu | stratagem; scheme; shrewdness |
| 谋面 | móu miàn | to meet |
| 谋利 | móu lì | to make a profit; to gain; to get an advantage |
| 阴谋家 | yīn móu jiā | schemer; conspirator |
| 主谋 | zhǔ móu | mastermind; ringleader; lead plotter |
| 谋事 | móu shì | to plan matters; to look for a job |
| 合谋 | hé móu | to conspire; to plot together |
| 多谋善断 | duō móu shàn duàn | (idiom) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious |
| 老谋深算 | lǎo móu shēn suàn | rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect |
| 阳谋 | yáng móu | to conspire openly; overt plot |