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漠 — 13 strokes / Radical「氵」

道
準2High school level / 13 strokes / Radical「氵」
On
バクばく · baku
Kun
—
Meaning
vague; desert

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

氵 "water" with 莫 "none": a vast land with no water — a desert; hence also vague, boundless.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onバクばくbaku漠然ばくぜん広漠こうばく砂漠さばく

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 砂漠さばく

    a desert

  • 漠然ばくぜん

    vague; obscure

More words with this kanji

  • 沙漠さばく
  • 茫漠ぼうばく

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

話(はなし)が漠然(ばくぜん)としている。

The story is vague.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

漠然砂漠漠然so砂sand汁soup江large…沸boil泡bubble泥mud麦wheat狢a badg…莫do not博broad獏a tapi…
CompoundRadicalReading

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