寞

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Translingual

Han character

寞 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十廿日大 (JTAK), four-corner 3043₀, composition ⿱宀莫)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 290, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7282
• Dae Jaweon: page 574, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 945, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5BDE

Chinese

trad.		寞
simp. #		寞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (莫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蟆	*mraː
鬕	*mraːɡs
饃	*maːl
模	*maː
摸	*maː, *maːɡ
嫫	*maː
謨	*maː
膜	*maː, *maːɡ
摹	*maː
暮	*maːɡs
慕	*maːɡs
募	*maːɡs
墓	*maːɡs
慔	*maːɡs
莫	*maːɡ
寞	*maːɡ
漠	*maːɡ
幕	*maːɡ
鏌	*maːɡ
瘼	*maːɡ
鄚	*maːɡ
瞙	*maːɡ
嗼	*maːɡ, *mraːɡ
塻	*maːɡ
貘	*mraːɡ
驀	*mraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mò
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴
    • Yale: mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • Palladius: мо (mo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶
    • Yale: mohk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: mak

Rime
Character	寞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	唐 (103)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	慕各切
Baxter	mak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mak̚/
Li Rong	/mɑk̚/
Wang Li	/mɑk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*maːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	寞
Reading #	1/1
No.	9255
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/

Definitions

寞

1. lonely; desolate

Compounds

• 不甘寂寞 (bùgānjìmò)
• 寂寞 (jìmò)
• 寞天寂地
• 寞然
• 篤篤寞寞／笃笃寞寞
• 索寞 (suǒmò)
• 落寞 (luòmò)
• 落寞寡歡／落寞寡欢

 

Japanese

Kanji

寞

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: まく (maku)
• Kan-on: ばく (baku)
• Kun: さびしい (sabishii, 寞しい)

Korean

Hanja

寞 (eumhun 쓸쓸할 막 (sseulsseulhal mak))

1. Hanja form^? of 막 (“lonely; desolate”).

Compounds

• 막막 (寞寞, mangmak, “loneliness, desolation”)
• 적막 (寂寞, jeongmak, “loneliness, desolation”)

Vietnamese

Han character

寞: Hán Nôm readings: mịch

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