抚摸
fǔ mō · HSK 7
to gently caress and stroke
🤲 抚 = hand soothing + 摸 = hand touching = gentle stroking
抚 (fǔ) combines 扌(hand) with 无, used for soothing or comforting touch. 摸 (mō) combines 扌(hand) with 莫, meaning to feel or grope. Together: a tender, exploring touch — petting a cat, stroking hair.
摸 — hand radical 扌 + 莫 (mò, phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound. The hand radical 扌 signals a meaning related to actions of the hand, while 莫 supplies the sound (originally pronounced closer to 'mò/mō'). The combined character means to touch, feel, or grope, naturally extending the 'hand' sense into tactile exploration.