How to Write 沫 (mò) — Meaning “foam; froth; bubbles”

Think of the right part 末 as a tree with a line at the top marking the 'end' of the branches. Imagine water (氵) at the tips of those branches turning into tiny foam bubbles – that’s 沫.

The water radical 氵 must be narrow and placed to the left, with the three dots aligned vertically. For the right part 末, the top horizontal stroke is shorter than the second horizontal, and the final stroke is a right-falling 捺, not a dot.

沫 means 'foam' and has the right side 末 (mò), while 㳄 is a rare character meaning 'saliva' and looks different (though not in common use). 汊 (chà) means 'branch of a river' and has the right side 叉 (chā, fork), so visually 汊 has a cross shape instead of 末's two horizontals.

沫 appears in everyday words like 泡沫 (pào mò, foam or bubbles) for soap or beer, and 唾沫 (tuò mò, spit). It is also used in the economic term 泡沫经济 (bubble economy) to describe a market that is inflated like bubbles.

Common words containing 沫 include: 泡沫 (pào mò) — Foam; bubbles.; 唾沫 (tuò mò) — saliva / spit; 沫子 (mò zi) — foam; froth.