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漠

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desert; unconcerned

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HSK 3.0
Level 5
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
13
Radical
水 +11
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
漠
Common rank
#1,790
Unicode
U+6F20

Formation & memory

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How 漠 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 莫 sound ( mò )

Components 氵 莫

How to remember it

desert · Heisig RSH #233

水 water + graveyard

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 漠

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
古尔班通古特沙漠 Gǔ ěr bān tōng gǔ tè Shā mò Gurbantunggut Desert, northern Xinjiang
阿法尔沙漠 Ā fǎ ěr Shā mò Afar Desert, Southern Ethiopia
塔克拉玛干沙漠 Tǎ kè lā mǎ gān Shā mò Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang
漠不关心 mò bù guān xīn not the least bit concerned; completely indifferent
文化沙漠 wén huà shā mò cultural desert
亚洲漠地林莺 Yà zhōu mò dì lín yīng (bird species of China) Asian desert warbler (Curruca nana)
美食沙漠 měi shí shā mò culinary desert
漠河市 Mò hé Shì Mohe, a county-level city in Daxing'anling Prefecture 大興安嶺地區|大兴安岭地区[Da4 xing1 an1 ling3 Di…
撒哈拉沙漠 Sā hā lā Shā mò Sahara Desert
库姆塔格沙漠 Kù mǔ tǎ gé Shā mò Kumutage (or Kumtag) Desert, northwestern China
沙漠化 shā mò huà desertification
漠然置之 mò rán zhì zhī to set to one side and ignore (idiom); quite indifferent; cold and uncaring
腾格里沙漠 Téng gé lǐ Shā mò Tengger Desert, located in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia
鄂尔多斯沙漠 È ěr duō sī Shā mò Ordos Desert, Inner Mongolia
文化荒漠 wén huà huāng mò cultural desert
美食荒漠 měi shí huāng mò culinary desert
大漠 dà mò desert
漠南 Mò nán Inner Mongolia (lit. south of the Gobi Desert)
荒漠伯劳 huāng mò bó láo (bird species of China) isabelline shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
漠河 Mò hé see 漠河市[Mo4 he2 Shi4]

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 莫 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
莫 sound part mò cannot; do not; is not; negative
模 mó model, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate
幕 mù curtain, screen, tent; measure word for plays and shows
膜 mó membrane, film; to kneel and worship
摸 mō to caress, to stroke, to gently touch
墓 mù grave, tomb
慕 mù to admire, to desire, to long for
暮 mù dusk, evening, sunset; ending
募 mù to levy, to raise; to recruit; to summon
蟆 má frog, toad
摹 mó to trace; to imitate, to copy; pattern
谟 mó to scheme, to plan; to practice
馍 mó bread
寞 mò silent, still; lonely, solitary
蓦 mò suddenly, quickly, abruptly
糢 mó rice snacks
镆 mò sword
嫫 mó Huangdi's ugly concubine; ugly woman, nurse
瘼 mò sickness; distress