陌 mò strange
strange; unfamiliar
How to remember 陌: 阝 mound + 百 hundred = strange. The new girl stands alone on the playground mound, looking at a hundred faces that all feel strange.
Component breakdown
陌 = 阝 mound + 百 hundred
- 阝 mound
- 百 hundred
- 一 one
- 白 white
The new girl stands alone on the playground mound, looking at a hundred faces that all feel strange.
How it is used
- Almost entirely fossilized in a single family of words: 陌生 mòshēng "strange/unfamiliar" and 陌生人 mòshēngrén "a stranger."
- You will rarely see 陌 anywhere outside this compound.