mò
desert
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 漠
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
desert | ||
lack of regard | ||
to ignore | ||
not the least bit concerned | ||
barren |
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 9.7549% of movies
1938th most common character in movies
1777th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+6F20 |
Shuowen | “漠,北方流沙也。一曰清也。从水,莫聲。” |
Sources
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