Memory phrase for the character: 漠

漠

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Meaning

desert, vague, vast, wide

Pronunciation

 BAKU

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: sink, go down 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [Watch-out: sunrise is: 旦 or ]

Mnemonic
 
Where the water has 'sunk', it is now a desert.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
莫 to go down, to setThe plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 (= as long shadows) at sunset. - Please be aware that this very similar radical stands for the sunrise.
艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
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 Vocabulary

漠然 ばくぜん  obscure, vague, equivocal
砂漠 さばく  desert

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