寞

寞	U+5BDE, 寞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5BDE

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[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 3043₀, 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

trad.		寞
simp. ^#		寞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (莫) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	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 (mo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bo̍k

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/
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mok⁶

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

寞

(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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