摩擦 mócā▶ ถู; ขูด

Stroke order

摩擦 is written in 32 strokes across 2 characters.

• 摩 — 15 strokes
• 擦 — 17 strokes

Senses

1. friction
2. rubbing
3. chafing
4. fig. disharmony
5. conflict
6. also written 磨擦

Related words

• 按摩นวด
• 摩托车รถจักรยานยนต์
• 擦เช็ด

摩擦 is pronounced mócā and means “ถู; ขูด”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 摩擦 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.