# 寞

| 寞 | U+5BDE, &#23518; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BDE |
| ← 寝 [U+5BDD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 察 → [U+5BDF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

寞 (Kangxi radical 40, 宀+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十廿日大 (JTAK), four-corner 3043$_0$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (mo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mok$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mò
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mò
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^4$
*** Yale: mwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mok$^6$
*** Yale: mohk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mok$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mog$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* Middle Chinese: mak
Rime :
| Character | 寞 |
| 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 | mok$^6$ |
* 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
* lonely; desolate

#### Compounds

* 不甘寂寞 (bùgānjìmò)
* 冥寞
* 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

(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))
* 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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