漠

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漠 U+6F20, 漠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F20
← 漟
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 漡 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

漠 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 (Mainland China, Japan), 14 (Hong Kong) strokes, cangjie input 水廿日大 (ETAK), four-corner 34134, composition ⿰氵莫)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18149
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1055, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1694, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6F20

Chinese

trad. 漠
simp. # 漠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 漠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (莫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蟆 *mraː
鬕 *mraːɡs
饃 *maːl
模 *maː
摸 *maː, *maːɡ
嫫 *maː
謨 *maː
膜 *maː, *maːɡ
摹 *maː
暮 *maːɡs
慕 *maːɡs
募 *maːɡs
墓 *maːɡs
慔 *maːɡs
莫 *maːɡ
寞 *maːɡ
漠 *maːɡ
幕 *maːɡ
鏌 *maːɡ
瘼 *maːɡ
鄚 *maːɡ
瞙 *maːɡ
嗼 *maːɡ, *mraːɡ
塻 *maːɡ
貘 *mraːɡ
驀 *mraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *maːɡ) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ, “no; there is no”) + semantic 水 (“water”). A place with no water — a desert.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • bô͘/mo̍͘h - vernacular;
  • bo̍k - literary.
Note:
  • moh8 - vernacular;
  • mog8 - literary.
Rime
Character 漠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 鐸 (103)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 慕各切
Baxter mak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mɑk̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mɑk̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/mɑk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mak̚/
Li
Rong 		/mɑk̚/
Wang
Li 		/mɑk̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mɑk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		mò
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mok6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 漠
Reading # 1/1
No. 9256
Phonetic
component 		莫
Rime
group 		鐸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		莫
Old
Chinese 		/*maːɡ/

Definitions

漠

  1. desert
  2. aloof; indifferent
  3. (obsolete) the number 10-12

Compounds

See also

Chinese historical small numbers
Value Character Notes
10-1 分 (fèn) Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
10-2 厘 (lí), 釐 (lí) Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
10-3 毫 (háo) Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo).
10-4 絲 / 丝 (sī) Rarely used today.
秒 (miǎo) Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
10-5 忽 (hū) Rarely used today.
10-6 微 (wēi) Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
10-7 纖 / 纤 (xiān) Obsolete.
10-8 沙 (shā) Obsolete.
10-9 塵 / 尘 (chén) Obsolete. 納 / 纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-.
10-10 埃 (āi) Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m).
10-11 渺 (miǎo) Obsolete.
10-12 漠 (mò) Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-.

Japanese

Kanji

漠

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. vague
  2. obscure
  3. desert
  4. wide

Readings

  • Go-on: まく (maku)
  • Kan-on: ばく (baku, Jōyō)
  • Kun: すなはら (sunahara, 漠)、ひろい (hiroi, 漠い)
  • Nanori: とう (tō)、ひろ (hiro)

Korean

Hanja

漠 (eumhun 사막 막 (samak mak))

  1. hanja form? of 막 (“desert”)
  2. hanja form? of 막 (“aloof, indifferent, cool”)

Vietnamese

Han character

漠: Hán Nôm readings: mạc, mác

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References

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