How to Write 糢 (mó) — Meaning “Blurry / Vague”

Imagine a pile of rice (米) that is so scattered that you cannot see each grain clearly — it looks blurry. Then think of the right side 莫 as "mo" saying "no" to clarity, so the whole character means "blurry."

The left part 米 should be written narrow, with six strokes, and the right part 莫 is larger and balanced. A common mistake is making the 米 too wide or confusing the strokes in 莫 — remember that 莫 has a grass radical on top (艹), then 日 (sun), and 大 (big) at the bottom.

糢 has 莫 on the right, while 糅 has 柔 (soft) and means "to mix" or "blend," and 糇 has 侯 and refers to dried food. Only 糢 is used for the meaning "blurry" in words like 模糊; the others are rarely used in modern Chinese.

糢 appears almost always in the word 模糊 (móhu), meaning blurry, vague, or indistinct. You can use it for vision, memory, or unclear photos: for example, 视线模糊 (blurred vision) or 记忆模糊 (vague memory). It is common in both everyday speech and writing.

Common words containing 糢 include: 糢糊 (mó hú) — Blurry / Vague / Fuzzy; 糢糊不清 (mó hú bù qīng) — Indistinct / Blurred / Unclear; 视线糢糊 (shì xiàn mó hú) — blurred vision.