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漠
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desert

HSK 5 N1
Nature →Elements
mò
バク
막
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.
Components
氵 water (drops)+ 莫 nobody =
漠 desert
氵 Meaning component
shui water (drops)
water
氵 is a component form of 水.
莫 Phonetic component
mò nobody
do not, is not, can not
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Notes
Similar Characters
泪 weep (simp)派 faction涉 ford渔 fish (simp)漁 fishing (trad/jp)柒 number seven染 dye梁 Liang氾 overflow (trad/jp)氿 spring汀 sandbar汁 juice汇 confluence of rivers (simp)汉 Chinese people (simp)汊 a branching stream汐 night tides汒 汔 close汕 basket for catching fish汗 sweat
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
漠
Regular
Modern
Chinese
漠 [mò]
desert; unconcerned
Japanese
漠 ばく 同音

adj-t

  1. vague; obscure
  2. vast; boundless
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
漠 きよし
Kiyoshi unclassified name
漠 ばく
Baku given name
漠 ひろし
Hiroshi given name
漠 まさご
Masago unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (49)
沙漠 [shā​mò] #3,213
desert
冷漠 [lěng​mò] #8,332
cold and detached towards sb
漠视 [mò​shì] #22,996
to ignore
漠视 [mò​shì] #22,996
to ignore
漠不关心 [mò​bù​guān​xīn] #15,005
not the least bit concerned
漠不关心 [mò​bù​guān​xīn] #15,005
not the least bit concerned
荒漠 [huāng​mò] #21,488
barren
淡漠 [dàn​mò] #41,733
apathetic
大漠 [dà​mò] #52,438
desert
漠然 [mò​rán] #46,932
indifferent
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JAPANESE WORDS (14)
⭐ 漠然 [ばくぜん] #6,462
vague
⭐ 砂漠 [さばく] #8,331
desert
茫漠 [ぼうばく] #38,444
vast
広漠 [こうばく] #70,307
vast
砂漠化 [さばくか] #71,407
desertification
漠々 [ばくばく] #83,918
vast
空漠 [くうばく] #86,815
vast
⭐ サハラ砂漠 [サハラさばく] #94,890
Sahara Desert
索莫 [さくばく] #119,507
dreary
荒漠 [こうばく] #144,015
desolate (e.g. plains)
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