漠

Translingual

Han character

漠 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 水廿日大 (ETAK), four-corner 3413₄, composition ⿰氵⿳艹日大)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18149
• Dae Jaweon: page 1055, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1694, character 5
• Unihan data for U+6F20

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Chinese

trad.		漠
simp. #		漠

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 漠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mo̍k
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô͘ / mo̍͘h / bo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): moh⁸ / mog⁸

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: mog
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mog⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /mok̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô͘
    • Tâi-lô: bôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /bɔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo̍͘h
    • Tâi-lô: mo̍oh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moh
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃ʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bo̍k
    • Tâi-lô: bo̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔk̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bɔk̚⁴/

Note:

• bô͘/mo̍͘h - vernacular;
• bo̍k - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: moh⁸ / mog⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mo̍h / mo̍k
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /moʔ⁴/, /mok̚⁴/

Note:

• moh8 - vernacular;
• mog8 - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: mak

Rime
Character	漠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	鐸 (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	漠
Reading #	1/1
No.	9256
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 漠

1. desert
2. aloof; indifferent
3. the number 10^-12

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Japanese

Kanji

漠

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. vague
2. obscure
3. desert
4. wide

Readings

• Go-on: まく (maku)
• Kan-on: ばく (baku, Jōyō)
• Kun: すなはら (sunahara, 漠); ひろい (hiroi, 漠い)
• Nanori: とう (tō); ひろ (hiro)

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Korean

Hanja

漠 (eum 막 (mak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

漠: Hán Nôm readings: mạc, mác

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References

• Nom Foundation