Chinese symbol for “plaster”
抹
mò
to plaster; to go around; to skirt
The closest CC-CEDICT match for plaster is 抹 (mò), defined as: to plaster; to go around; to skirt.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “plaster”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 灰泥 | huī ní | plaster; mortar |
| 抹灰 | mǒ huī | to plaster; to render (a wall) |
| 圬 | wū | to plaster; whitewash |
| 墁 | màn | to plaster |
| 石膏 | shí gāo | gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O); plaster |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抹.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 涂抹 (塗抹) | tú mǒ | to paint; to smear |
| 抹黑 | mǒ hēi | to discredit; to defame |
| 抹杀 (抹殺) | mǒ shā | to erase; to cover traces |
| 抹布 | mā bù | cleaning rag; also pr. [mo3 bu4] |
| 抹煞 | mǒ shā | variant of 抹杀 (mǒ shā) |
| 拐弯抹角 (拐彎抹角) | guǎi wān mò jiǎo | lit. going round the curves and skirting the corners (idiom); fig. to speak in a roundabout way |
See also: Japanese symbol for “plaster”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.