募 is widely used in modern contexts such as job recruitment, volunteer calls, and fundraising campaigns.
It often implies an active effort to gather participants or resources rather than passive collection.
 
Related characters:

to gather, collect, assemble, to concentrate, compile

to call, to summon, to invite, to beckon

 — to invite; to recruit
徴 — to levy; to recruit

power, force, strength

 — semantic component meaning “force; effort”;


not, none, nothing, do not, to prohibit

— phonetic component indicating the sound (모 / mù).
The character conveys the idea of using effort to gather or assemble, leading to meanings like recruiting or collecting.
 
Semantic development:
- to gather using effort;
- to recruit people;
- to collect funds or resources.

모집 (募集) — recruitment; collecting applicants
공모 (公募) — public offering; open recruitment

Characters

Words

Vocabulary

to rise suddenly

brave, courageous

to strive, to make an effort, to encourage

bridle, to restrain, to compel, to tighten

to move, to act

to strive, to work hard, to be engaged in

to win, to prevail, to excel

to work, to labor, to make effort

to recruit, to collect, to solicit

power, force, influence, momentum

to be diligent, industrious, hardworking

to strive, to encourage, to exert oneself

to encourage, to urge, to exhort, to persuade

do not, must not, (classical) without, not to be

to wrap, to enclose, to contain, to include, to undertake

to become, to transform

north, to turn one’s back, to flee, to lose

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Chinese character

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募

Etymology

Usage in Korean

Additional notes

Words that derived from 募

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