谋

móu

m+óu·2nd tone

to plan · to seek

Radical: 讠 Strokes: 11

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

语说论词计诗调话记识议谢

Same radical

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Character Decomposition

谋=讠+某

Etymology

speech

Meanings

to plan

to seek

scheme

móu

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Words with 谋 331 total

to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for筹谋chóu móu stratagem (political or military) · trick策谋cè móu stratagem · scheme · shrewdness机谋jī móu

Idioms with 谋 90 total Chain

to agree without prior consultation · to happen to hold the same view不谋而合bù móu ér hé (idiom) to agree without prior consultation; to think alike without having discussed it不谋而同bù móu ér tóng don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)不在其位，不谋其政bù zài qí wèi , bù móu qí zhèng live from hand to mouth · be unable to plan out one's day · be preoccupied with the current crisis · live in constant fear for one's livelihood · cannot keep the wolf from the door朝不谋夕zhāo bù móu xī

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