Memory phrase for the character: 寞

寞

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Meaning

lonely, lonesome

Pronunciation

mò

Explanation

 Top: roof 宀, below: negative 莫 (sink, go down: The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.)

Mnemonic
 
Behind the roof the sunset happens, and it becomes lonely.

Radicals

宀 roof
莫 negative, sunsetThe plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset. - The very similar radical stands for sunrise. This seems bizarre, but can be argued based on the characters for morning 朝 in comparison to evening 暮.




 Vocabulary

寂寞 jì mò  lonely; lonesome; quiet; silent
落寞 luò mò  lonely; desolate
落寞 luò mò  

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