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Kanji Detail for 漠 - "desert, vague, vast"

漠

  • Meaning

    漠 means "desert, vague, vast."

    1. Desert - A barren, arid region.

    2. Vague - Not clear; indistinct.

    3. Vast - Very large; immense.

    4. Desolate - Empty and lonely; barren.

  • Words using 漠

    • 漠然 ばくぜん Listen vague; obscure; indistinct
    • サハラ砂漠 サハラさばく Listen Sahara Desert

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    • Verified meaning: desert, vague, vast
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きよし, ばく, ひろし, まさご)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 漠

    Given names 漠(ばく)Listen 漠(ひろし)Listen

    Surnames 漠(きよし)Listen 漠(まさご)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    vague; obscure; desert; wide

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    desert; aloof, indifferent, cool

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    desert; unconcerned

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    desert; aloof, cool, indifferent

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Flowing sand. Today Mongolia has a great desert. Hence in ancient times, south of Mongolia was called 漠南 (south of the desert), Mongolia was called 漠北 (north of the desert), and the north was also called 朔漠 (northern desert). | Quiet and serene. As in 淡漠 (indifferent), 沖漠 (tranquil), meaning not moved by glory or profit. | 漠然. Regarding something as ordinary and unremarkable, not worth concern. As in 漠不相關 (completely unrelated). | 漠漠. Appearance of clouds and mist spreading, meaning they cover everything and become hazy.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    baku(バク) バク

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    水 氵 氺 (mizu・sanzui・shitamizu)

  • Related Keywords

    desert vague vast darkness desolate silence wilderness arid barren boundless emptiness empty expanse expansive immense remote solitude wide indefinite unclear

Sentences including 漠

  • Dusk fell over the desert.

  • The Sahara is a vast desert.

  • The Sahara Desert is expanding.

  • It's like sprinkling water on a desert.

  • A camel is, so to speak, a ship on the desert.

  • Those tribes inhabit the desert all year round.

  • There's a lot of sand in the desert.

  • They shot the film in an actual desert.

  • Desert sand cools off rapidly at night.

  • That desert looks like the surface of the moon.

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