磨

磨
mó = m + o2
to rub / to grind / to polish / to sharpen / to wear down / to die out / to waste time / to pester / to insist
磨 = 石 + 麻 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) has been tied down in the observatory's kitchen (o2) with ropes made of hemp (麻). He uses a stone (石) to patiently rub (磨) through the ropes.
磨
mò = m + o4
grindstone / to grind / to turn round

磨 character breakdown

石
shí = sh + Ø2
surname Shi / abbr. for Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1]
石 = 丆 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes finds the space station's entrance blocked by a big rock. He uses a wind wheel and a mandarin to build a lever, with which he is able to move the rock.
石
dàn = d + an4
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗 / ten pecks / one hundred liters
石
shí = sh + Ø2
rock / stone / stone inscription / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
石 = 丆 + 口 : Sherlock Holmes finds the space station's entrance blocked by a big rock. He uses a wind wheel and a mandarin to build a lever, with which he is able to move the rock.
麻
蔴
má = m + a2
variant of 麻[ma2] / hemp
麻 = 广 + 林 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is busy deploying Christmas Trees (林) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). He attaches each of the small forest's (林) trees to a parachute (广) using flax fiber (麻) and then throws them towards their destination.
麻
má = m + a2
surname Ma
麻 = 广 + 林 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is busy deploying Christmas Trees (林) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). He attaches each of the small forest's (林) trees to a parachute (广) using flax fiber (麻) and then throws them towards their destination.
麻
má = m + a2
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
麻 = 广 + 林 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is busy deploying Christmas Trees (林) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). He attaches each of the small forest's (林) trees to a parachute (广) using flax fiber (麻) and then throws them towards their destination.
石
dàn = d + an4
dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3]; one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2]

Characters with 磨 as component

蘑
mó = m + o2
mushroom
馍
饝
mó = m + o2
variant of 饃|馍[mo2]

Words with 磨

碾
磨
to mill / to grind / grinding stone
磨
磨
不
不
开
開
to feel embarrassed
磨
人
annoying / bothersome / to fret / to be peevish
磨
磨
刀
刀
不
不
误
誤
砍
砍
柴
柴
工
工
lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom) / fig. time invested in preparations is not lost / a beard well lathered is half shaved
磨
叨
to grumble / to chatter
磨
唧
to be very slow / to dawdle
磨
磨
叽
嘰
(dialect) to dawdle / to waste time / also written 墨跡|墨迹[mo4 ji5]
磨
嘴
to argue pointlessly / to talk incessant nonsense / to blather
磨
嘴
皮
子
to wear out the skin of one's teeth (idiom); pointlessly blather / to talk incessant nonsense / blah blah
磨
坊
主
miller

Sentences with 磨

磨 currently does not appear in any sentence.