모

Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

모 • (mo)

1. (母) mother
2. (毛) wool

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 뫃 (Yale: mwoh).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mo̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [모]

모 • (mo)

1. protrusion
2. corner
3. angle
4. aspect

• (corner): 귀퉁이 (gwitung'i), 귀 (gwi); 모퉁이 (motung'i), 모서리 (moseori)

• 네모 (nemo, “rectangle, quadrangle, square”)
• 세모 (semo, “triangle”)

Sino-Korean word from 某

모 • (mo) (hanja 某)

1. Used in place of a person's given name, for anonymity purposes.

   김 모(20)씨 ― gim mo(20)ssi ― Mx. Kim (20)

Sino-Korean word from 墓

모 • (mo) (hanja 墓)

1. (Yukjin, Russia) a grave, tomb

• (standard Korean) 묘 (myo)