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(Kangxi radical 19, +9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓竹竹水尸 (NHHES) or 弓竹人大尸 (NHOKS), four-corner 18227, composition)

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| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | ---------------------------- | | | *muː, *mu | | | *muːʔ, *moːɡ | | | *ml'uː, *mljiwʔ, *ml'us | | | *mruː | | | *mruː, *muːŋ | | | *mruː, *mu, *mo, *moɡs | | | *mruː | | | *moːɡs, *mroːɡ | | | *moːɡs | | | *mus | | | *mus, *mu, *muːŋ, *muːŋs | | | *mus | | | *mus | | | *mu | | | *mu | | | *mu, *muːŋ | | | *mu | | | *mu, *moːɡ | | | *ml'us | | | *ml'us, *mlju | | | *mlju | | | *mju | | | *mju, *mjuʔ, *mjus | | | *mju | | | *mju | | | *mju | | | *mju, *mjuʔ | | | *mju, *mjus | | | *mju | | | *mju | | | *mju | | | *mjuʔ | | | *mjuʔ, *mjus | | | *mjuʔ, *mjus | | | *mjuʔ | | | *moʔ, *mos | | | *moɡs | | | *moɡs, *moːɡ | | | *moɡs | | | *moɡs | | | *moɡs, *moːŋ | | | *moɡs | | | *moɡs, *moːŋ | | | *moːŋ, *moːŋs | | | *moːɡ |

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *moɡs) : phonetic (OC *moʔ, *mos) + semantic (“strength”).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mow (“to work; to move”) (STEDT). Cognate with (OC *mus, “to strive”), Garo mo (“to move”), Jingpho mu ⪤ ə mu (“work; labor”), Burmese မူ (mu, “to pursue some course of action; to act”), အမှု (a.hmu., “lawsuit”).



BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin)
MiddleChinese mjuH
OldChinese /*m(r)o-s/
English exert oneself
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8849
Phoneticcomponent
Rimegroup
Rimesubdivision 0
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OldChinese /*moɡs/

  1. to be engaged in; to be devoted to
    ― service
  2. to seek; to pursue
  3. business; affairs
  4. must; should; be sure to
  5. 26th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "endeavor" (𝌟)
  6. a surname

  1. (Eastern Min) Alternative form of (“to have”)

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. task, duties

(eumhun 힘쓸 (himsseul mu))

  1. hanja form? of (“to be engaged in; to be devoted to”)

務: Hán Việt readings: vụ[1]
務: Nôm readings: mùa[2], múa[3]

  1. chữ Hán form of vụ (“case, affair”).

  2. Nôm form of vụ, mùa (“season”).

  3. ^ Trần (1999).

  4. ^ Trần (2004).

  5. ^ Hồ (1976).