漠
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mò · desert

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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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氵Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 漠

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mòWords pronounced mò
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Example sentences

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Wǒ xiǎng shì zài shā mò lǐ.我想是在沙漠里。

In the desert, I think.

Source: Tatoeba #2200462 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu rén shuō xīn yí dài de rén hěn lěng mò.有人说新一代的人很冷漠。

It is said that the younger generation today is apathetic.

Source: Tatoeba #1424286 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè shì piàn gān zào dì qū, jīhū shì yí piàn huāng mò.这是片干燥地区,几乎是一片荒漠。

It is an arid region, almost a desert.

Source: Tatoeba #10011733 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Dì qiú biǎo miàn de sān fēn zhīyī shì shā mò.地球表面的三分之一是沙漠。

One third of the earth's surface is desert.

Source: Tatoeba #3666900 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Luò tuó, zhè me shuō ba, yě jiù shì shā mò zhōng de chuán.骆驼,这么说吧,也就是沙漠中的船。

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

Source: Tatoeba #512804 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ kàn guò 《 shā mò xióng shī 》 ma?你看过《沙漠雄狮》吗?

Have you seen the movie "Lion of The Desert"?

Source: Tatoeba #12686390 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 漠 in context

  1. Say mò, then recall the core meaning: desert.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 沙漠 (shā mò), meaning “desert”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 漠 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.