Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

漠: vague, obscure

Also: desert, wide

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

氵 carries the meaning · 莫 gives the sound

13 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

バクbaku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 砂漠さばくdesert
  • 漠然ばくぜんvague; obscure; indistinct
  • サハラ砂漠サハラさばくSahara Desert

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
More in the 氵 water story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
氵

Also built on water (氵)

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莫

Also built on 莫

The 莫 family reads ボ (bo); 漠 is read バク.

Also read バク

7 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
漠 vague · 氵
vs募 recruit · 力
漠 has 氵 where 募 has 力.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · mò

Same form: 漠 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
漠 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
漠 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin mò most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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