漠ばく

漠ばく U+6F20, 漠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F20 ← 漟 [U+6F1F] CJK Unified Ideographs 漡 → [U+6F21]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

漠ばく (Kangxi radical 85, 水みず+10, 13 (Mainland China, Japan), 14 (Hong Kong) strokes, cangjie input 水みず廿にじゅう日大にちだい (ETAK), four-corner 3413₄, 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

trad.		漠ばく
simp. #		漠ばく

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 漠ばく
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
蟆ぶと	*mraː
鬕	*mraːɡs
饃	*maːl
模も	*maː
摸	*maː, *maːɡ
嫫	*maː
謨	*maː
膜まく	*maː, *maːɡ
摹	*maː
暮くれ	*maːɡs
慕	*maːɡs
募つの	*maːɡs
墓はか	*maːɡs
慔	*maːɡs
莫	*maːɡ
寞	*maːɡ
漠ばく	*maːɡ
幕まく	*maːɡ
鏌	*maːɡ
瘼	*maːɡ
鄚	*maːɡ
瞙	*maːɡ
嗼	*maːɡ, *mraːɡ
塻	*maːɡ
貘ばく	*mraːɡ
驀	*mraːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲けいせい／形声けいせい, OC *maːɡ) and ideogrammic compound (會意かいい／会意かいい) : phonetic 莫 (OC *maːɡ, “no; there is no”) + semantic 水みず (“water”). A place with no water — a desert.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mok⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mok²

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

  (Hokkien, POJ): bô͘ / mo̍͘h / bo̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): moh⁸ / mog⁸

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸moq

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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/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mok²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbɔk̚⁵⁵/
• 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: 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/

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.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁸moq
    • MiniDict: moh^入いれ
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵moq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /moʔ¹²/

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• Middle Chinese: mak

Rime
Character	漠ばく
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	明あきら (4)
Final (韻いん)	鐸 (103)
Tone (調しらべ)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Open
Division (等ひとし)	I
Fanqie	慕各かく切きり
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	漠ばく
Reading #	1/1
No.	9256
Phonetic component	莫
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	莫
Old Chinese	/*maːɡ/

Definitions

漠ばく

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

Compounds

• 冥めい漠ばく
• 冥めい漠ばく君くん
• 冷ひや漠ばく (lěngmò)
• 大だい漠ばく (dàmò)
• 廣漠こうばく／广漠 (guǎngmò)
• 朔さく漠ばく (shuòmò)
• 松まつ漠ばく
• 沙漠さばく (shāmò)
• 沕漠
• 沙漠さばく之の舟ふね (shāmò zhī zhōu)
• 沙漠さばく氣候きこう／沙漠さばく气候
• 淡あわ漠ばく (dànmò)
• 漠ばく不ふ相關そうかん／漠ばく不ふ相あい关
• 漠ばく不ふ關心かんしん／漠ばく不ふ关心 (mòbùguānxīn)
• 漠ばく北きた (Mòběi)
• 漠ばく南みなみ (Mònán)
• 漠ばく南みなみ四よん省しょう
• 漠ばく南みなみ草原そうげん
• 漠ばく楞楞
• 漠漠ばくばく (mòmò)
• 漠漠ばくばく寒さむ
• 漠然ばくぜん (mòrán)
• 漠然ばくぜん不動ふどう／漠然ばくぜん不ふ动
• 漠然ばくぜん不覺ふかく／漠然ばくぜん不ふ觉
• 漠然ばくぜん不ふ顧／漠然ばくぜん不ふ顾
• 漠然ばくぜん置おけ之これ (mòránzhìzhī)
• 漠ばく視し／漠ばく视 (mòshì)
• 漠ばく西にし (Mòxī)
• 瀚漠
• 芴漠
• 荒あら漠ばく (huāngmò)
• 荒あら漠ばく甘あま泉いずみ

 

See also

Chinese historical small numbers
Value	Character	Notes
10-1	分ぶん (fèn)	Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
10-2	厘りん (lí), 釐 (lí)	Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
10-3	毫 (háo)	Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛もう (máo).
10-4	絲いと／丝 (sī)	Rarely used today.
	秒びょう (miǎo)	Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
10-5	忽ゆるがせ (hū)	Rarely used today.
10-6	微ほろ (wēi)	Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
10-7	纖／纤 (xiān)	Obsolete.
10-8	沙すな (shā)	Obsolete.
10-9	塵ちり／尘 (chén)	Obsolete. 納おさめ／纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-.
10-10	埃ほこり (āi)	Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m).
10-11	渺びょう (miǎo)	Obsolete.
10-12	漠ばく (mò)	Obsolete. 皮かわ (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-.

Japanese

Kanji

漠ばく

(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, 漠ばく)、ひろい (hiroi, 漠ばくい)
• Nanori: とう (tō)、ひろ (hiro)

Korean

Hanja

漠ばく (eumhun 사막 막 (samak mak))

1. hanja form^? of 막 (“desert”)
2. hanja form^? of 막 (“aloof, indifferent, cool”)

Vietnamese

Han character

漠ばく: Hán Nôm readings: mạc, mác

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References

• Nom Foundation