漠

漠 U+6F20, 漠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F20 ← 漟 [U+6F1F] CJK Unified Ideographs 漡 → [U+6F21]

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

• 𭋫

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mok⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mok²

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mo̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô͘ / mo̍͘h / bo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): moh⁸ / mog⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸moq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mok⁶
    • Yale: mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mok²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbɔk̚⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: mog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /mok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘
    • Tâi-lô: bôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /bɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo̍͘h
    • Tâi-lô: mo̍oh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moh
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃ʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃ʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃ʔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴/

Note:

• bô͘/mo̍͘h - vernacular;
• bo̍k - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: moh⁸ / mog⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍h / mo̍k
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʔ⁴/, /mok̚⁴/

Note:

• moh8 - vernacular;
• mog8 - literary.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸moq
    • MiniDict: moh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: mak

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ/

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

• 冥漠
• 冥漠君
• 冷漠 (lěngmò)
• 大漠 (dàmò)
• 廣漠／广漠 (guǎngmò)
• 朔漠 (shuòmò)
• 松漠
• 沙漠 (shāmò)
• 沕漠
• 沙漠之舟 (shāmò zhī zhōu)
• 沙漠氣候／沙漠气候
• 淡漠 (dànmò)
• 漠不相關／漠不相关
• 漠不關心／漠不关心 (mòbùguānxīn)
• 漠北 (Mòběi)
• 漠南 (Mònán)
• 漠南四省
• 漠南草原
• 漠楞楞
• 漠漠 (mòmò)
• 漠漠寒
• 漠然 (mòrán)
• 漠然不動／漠然不动
• 漠然不覺／漠然不觉
• 漠然不顧／漠然不顾
• 漠然置之 (mòránzhìzhī)
• 漠視／漠视 (mòshì)
• 漠西 (Mòxī)
• 瀚漠
• 芴漠
• 荒漠 (huāngmò)
• 荒漠甘泉

 

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

• Nom Foundation