Zi:牡
牡 [mǔ] 牡牛 bull (male bovine); 牡蛎 mǔlì oyster; 牡丹 mǔdan tree peony; (HDZ:) …
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):
►maau5 牡 b.f./char. ►ngau4 ziu6 maau5 daan1 牛噍牡丹
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►⁵mǔ 牡 {E} b.f. ①male (of certain birds and animals) ►²mǔniú 牡牛 ②oyster ►mǔlì 牡蛎 ◆char. ►mǔdan 牡丹
The Shuōwén Seal form of 牡() mǔ ‘bull (male ox)’ combines 牛 (niú) ‘ox’ (bovine), and 土 (tǔ) ‘earth’ (phonosemantic); the strong male ox plows the (female) earth (as if she were a cow).
Compare: 社() shè ‘earth spirit’; 祖() zǔ ‘ancestors’.
HDZ: 牡 : mǔ : 雄性的兽类; 雄性的; 植物中不开花的; (古)(军阵名); (古) 锁器的一部分, (后) 锁须 (cf. 鑐, 锁牡); 丘陵
►references: Karlgren:GSR1063a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:3.1801.2; Mathews:4576; Guǎngyùn:325.19; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:697.11; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:051.1.04; EDOC:1
►components: 牛土牜
►Cantonese: maauh/
Shuōwén: (牡)
<cdl char='牡' uni='7261'>
<comp char='牛' uni='725B' variant='4' points='0,0 58,128' />
<comp char='土' uni='571F' points='56,0 128,120' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='牛' uni='725B' variant='4' points='0,0 88,128'>
<stroke type='p' points='32,14 0,64' tail='long' />
<stroke type='h' points='30,36 124,36' head='cut' />
<stroke type='s' points='78,0 78,128' />
<stroke type='t' points='12,88 128,68' />
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<!-- variant based on [U+725C](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='土' uni='571F' points='0,0 128,120'>
<stroke type='h' points='14,56 114,56' />
<stroke type='s' points='64,0 64,128' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' />
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+7261
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