莫

莫 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿日大 (TAK), four-corner 4443₀, composition ⿱艹旲 or ⿱䒤大)

• 嗼, 塻, 嫫, 𡻟, 幙, 慔, 摸, 漠, 獏, 暯, 膜, 模, 氁, 㷬, 𭷱, 𬎇, 𮂓, 瞙, 糢, 𮖪, 縸(𫄲), 蟆, 謨(谟), 貘, 𧷸, 𨢢, 鏌(镆), 𩌧, 饃(馍), 䮬, 𩻁, 𪍤(𬹍), 𠢓, 鄚, 𮍅, 𪅐
• 寞, 𢊗, 瘼, 𩄻, 鬕, 募, 𠻚, 墓, 𡖶, 𡠜, 幕, 摹, 暮, 㱳, 慕, 𬑤, 蟇, 謩, 驀(蓦), 𡈗

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1035, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31078
• Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3217, character 15
• Unihan data for U+83AB

Pictogram (象形) – the sun (日) sinking into the bushes (屮); dusk. Original form of 暮 (OC *maːɡs, “dusk”).

The bottom was later distorted into 大.

From 無 (OC *ma, “there is no”) + distributive suffix *-k (Schuessler, 2007). For the same type of derivation, see the relationship of 有 (OC *ɢʷɯʔ, “there is”) and 或 (OC *ɡʷɯːɡ, “some”).

莫

1. (literary) none; nothing; not anything

   • 子曰：「莫我知也夫！」 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Mò wǒ zhī yě fū!” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "Alas! there is no one that knows me."

   • 在天者莫明於日月。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     在天者莫明于日月。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Zài tiān zhě mò míng yú rì yuè. [Pinyin]

     In the sky, there is nothing brighter than the Sun and the Moon.

2. (literary or dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Eastern Min, Xiang) do not; don't; must not

   莫做聲！／莫做声！ [dialectal Mandarin]  ―  Mò zuòshēng! [Pinyin]  ―  Keep quiet! (literally, “Don't make a sound!”)

   莫細膩。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
   莫细腻。 [Eastern Min, simp.]

   mŏ̤h-sá̤-nê / [moʔ⁵⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   Don't be too polite. / Make yourself at home.

   你莫腿囉。／你莫腿啰。 [Xiang]  ―  nyi³ mo⁶ tei³ lo [Wiktionary]  ―  You don't joke.

   發生火災莫驚慌／发生火灾莫惊慌  ―  fāshēng huǒzāi mò jīnghuāng  ―  Don't be panicked when conflagration happens

   • 莫為盜！莫為殺人！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     莫为盗！莫为杀人！ [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Mò wéi dào! Mò wéi shārén! [Pinyin]

     Don't steal! Don't kill!

   • 人生得意須盡歡，莫使金樽空對月。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     人生得意须尽欢，莫使金樽空对月。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 752, Li Bai, 《將進酒》

     Rénshēng déyì xū jìn huān, mò shǐ jīnzūn kōng duì yuè. [Pinyin]

     In life, fully enjoy yourself when you are delighted; do not allow an empty goblet to face the moon.

3. particle indicating a rhetorical question
4. a surname

In Classical Chinese, negatives like often invert the object before the verb. Example: 之令 "None commands them".

Contraction of 毋愛 / 毋爱 (m̄-ài).

莫 (Southern Min)

1. do not; don't; must not

   莫按呢！ [Hokkien]  ―  Mài án-ne! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Don't do like that!

   莫閣講矣！ [Hokkien, trad.]
   莫阁讲矣！ [Hokkien, simp.]

   Mài koh kóng--ah! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Don't talk about that!

   莫摸我！ [Hokkien]  ―  Mài bong góa! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Don't touch me!

2. to not want

莫

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Original form of 暮 (mù, “dusk; late”).

   • 其莫不冓雨。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: 合29807

     Qí mù bù gòu yǔ. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 飲酒之節，朝不廢朝，莫不廢夕。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     饮酒之节，朝不废朝，莫不废夕。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Yǐnjiǔ zhī jié, zhāo bù fèi zhāo, mù bù fèi xī. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) a kind of vegetable

   • 彼汾沮洳，言采其莫。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Bǐ Fén jǔrù, yán cǎi qí mù. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “莫”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. late
2. end
3. not be
4. must not

• Go-on: も (mo)、まく (maku)
• Kan-on: ぼ (bo)、ばく (baku)
• Kun: くれ (kure, 莫れ)、ない (nai, 莫い)、なかれ (nakare, 莫れ)
• Nanori: さだむ (sadamu)

莫 (eumhun 없을 막 (eopseul mak))

1. hanja form^? of 막 (“do not, is not, cannot”)

莫 (eumhun 저물 모 (jeomul mo))

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莫: Hán Việt readings: mạc (末(mạt)各(các)切(thiết))^[1][2][3]
莫: Nôm readings: mác^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}, mạc^[1][2][5][6], mếch^[1]

莫

1. chữ Hán form of Mạc (“a surname from Chinese”)