desert

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

莫 sound component

  Sound component

  

do not

Evolution

漠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
漠 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
漠 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

desert; aloof, indifferent, cool; unconcerned

Most common words with 漠
Freq.
Word
Meaning

沙漠

desert

冷漠

lack of regard

漠视

to ignore

漠不关心

not the least bit concerned

荒漠

barren