# 漠

| 漠 | U+6F20, &#28448; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F20 |
| ← 漟 [U+6F1F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 漡 → [U+6F21] |

## Translingual
### Han character

漠 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+10, 13 (Mainland China, Japan), 14 (Hong Kong) strokes, cangjie input 水廿日大 (ETAK), four-corner 3413$_4$, composition ⿰氵莫)

#### Derived characters

* 𭋫

### 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

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 漠 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *maːɡ) and ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ, “no; there is no”) + semantic 水 (“water”). A place with no water — a desert.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mò (mo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mok$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mok$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mo̍k
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bô͘ / mo̍͘h / bo̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): moh$^8$ / mog$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$moq
* 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/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mok$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbɔk̚⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mo̍k
*** Hakka Romanization System: mog
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mog$^6$
*** 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: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mo̍͘h
*** Tâi-lô: mo̍oh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: moh
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃ʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃ʔ¹²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃ʔ²⁴/
** (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/
* bô͘/mo̍͘h - vernacular;
* bo̍k - literary.
* 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 | mok$^6$ |
* 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

漠
* desert
* aloof; indifferent
* (obsolete) the number 10$^{-12}$

### Compounds

* 冥漠
* 冥漠君
* 冷漠 (lěngmò)
* 大漠 (dàmò)
* 廣漠／广漠 (guǎngmò)
* 朔漠 (shuòmò)
* 松漠
* 沙漠 (shāmò)
* 沕漠
* 沙漠之舟 (shāmò zhī zhōu)
* 沙漠氣候／沙漠气候
* 淡漠 (dànmò)
* 漠不相關／漠不相关
* 漠不關心／漠不关心 (mòbùguānxīn)
* 漠北 (Mòběi)
* 漠南 (Mònán)
* 漠南四省
* 漠南草原
* 漠楞楞
* 漠漠 (mòmò)
* 漠漠寒
* 漠然 (mòrán)
* 漠然不動／漠然不动
* 漠然不覺／漠然不觉
* 漠然不顧／漠然不顾
* 漠然置之 (mòránzhìzhī)
* 漠視／漠视 (mòshì)
* 漠西 (Mòxī)
* 瀚漠
* 芴漠
* 荒漠 (huāngmò)
* 荒漠甘泉

### See also

Chinese historical small numbers :
| Value | Character | Notes |
| 10$^{-1}$ | 分 (fèn) | Still in use. SI prefix deci-. |
| 10$^{-2}$ | 厘 (lí), 釐 (lí) | Still in use. SI prefix centi-. |
| 10$^{-3}$ | 毫 (háo) | Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo). |
| 10$^{-4}$ | 絲／丝 (sī) | Rarely used today. |
| 10$^{-4}$ | 秒 (miǎo) | Obsolete, only in ancient texts. |
| 10$^{-5}$ | 忽 (hū) | Rarely used today. |
| 10$^{-6}$ | 微 (wēi) | Still in use. SI prefix micro-. |
| 10$^{-7}$ | 纖／纤 (xiān) | Obsolete. |
| 10$^{-8}$ | 沙 (shā) | Obsolete. |
| 10$^{-9}$ | 塵／尘 (chén) | Obsolete. 納／纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-. |
| 10$^{-10}$ | 埃 (āi) | Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10$^{-10}$ m). |
| 10$^{-11}$ | 渺 (miǎo) | Obsolete. |
| 10$^{-12}$ | 漠 (mò) | Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-. |

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* vague
* obscure
* desert
* 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)

## Korean
### Hanja

漠 (eumhun 사막 막 (samak mak))
* hanja form of 막 (“desert”)
* hanja form of 막 (“aloof, indifferent, cool”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

漠: Hán Nôm readings: mạc, mác
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation