漠
desert; unconcerned
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,790 U+6F20
How 漠 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 莫 (phonetic, mò)
How to remember it
desert · Heisig RSH #233
水 water + graveyard
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 莫
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 莫 (mò) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莫 sound component | 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 |
Words containing 漠
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |