寞 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「宀」
- On
- バク・マク
- Kun
- さび.しい
- Meaning
- lonely; still
Origin
A roof 宀 with 莫 as phonetic: hushed and lonely.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 寂寞せきばく
loneliness; desolation
- 索寞さくばく
bleak; dreary
Example
人の去った家に寂寞が残った。
Desolation remained in the house after everyone left.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)