もう

noun

  1. selflessness, selfless devotion to the service of others.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
もう
忘己利他 もうこりた

Contained Kanji Breakdown

forget
わす.れる ボウ (6th, N3)
deceased, the late, dying
ボウ な.い モウ (6th, N3)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)
self
コ おのれ キ (6th, N1)
profit, advantage, benefit
リ き.く と (4th, N3)
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)
トウ
other, another, the others
タ ほか (3rd, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
to be (classical)
ヤ なり エ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
to squint, what? huh? (Cant.)
バ メ やぶにらみ
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ