The Chinese Radical: 莫


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negative, sunset    莫

Explanation The plants are made by the sun to be large [= 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 in comparison to evening 暮.

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 4
admire, to envy, to adore

Top: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: heart [sunrise is: or ]
(a romantic sunset?) Having the sinking sun in your heart is [a feeling of] admiration.
JLPT HSK 5
model, mold, matrix, standard, norm, to imitate
mó, mú
Left: tree , right: negative, sunset (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [To compare: sunrise is: or ]
(When producing identical parts, the clay is pressed into a concave counter mold.) Wood is used as a 'negative'-mold for making a standard model.
JLPT HSK 5
dawn, morning, day-break
dàn
Above: sun , below: horizontal line for horizon [Sunset is: ]
When the sun appears above the horizon it's dawn.
JLPT HSK 5
curtain, screen, canopy, tent

Top: negative (to sink/go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [sunrise is: or ], bottom: cloth
Sinking cloth is a curtain.
JLPT HSK 5
to feel with the hand, to touch, to grope

Left: hand , right: negative, sunset (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.)) [sunrise is: or ]
The hand can, after sunset, only feel.
JLPT HSK 5
desert, unconcerned, indifferent, apathetic

Left: water , right: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [sunrise is: or ]
(Low groundwater level) When the water has sunk, it turns into: a desert.
JLPT HSK 5
lonely, lonesome

Top: roof , below: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.)
Behind the roof the sunset happens, and it becomes lonely.
JLPT HSK 6
grave, tomb, mausoleum

Top: negative, sunset (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: earth
Sinking among plants into the earth: into the grave.
JLPT HSK 6
membrane, film

Left: part of body /, right: negative - [Here: as 2x10 parts, as image of a membrane and as one big part]
The part of the body where there are 20 [small] parts on one side and one large part on the other, is: the membrane .
JLPT HSK 6
negative, nobody, do not, there is none who

The sunset is shown: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.) (Please note that sunrise is: and )
The sunset is perceived negatively.
JLPT HSK 6
crack, crevice, gap or interval, discord, rift

Left: hill , right: sun with rays to all directions:
(It causes a shadow:) The hill causes, when the sun is shining to all directions: a crack or gap.
JLPT no HSK
evening, sunset, one's old age

Top: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: sun
At this sinking sun, the sun stands for: evening.
JLPT no HSK
to imitate, to copy

Top: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: hand
(Made of wood is the negative mold 模) and the hand makes with it: an imitation.
JLPT no HSK
suddenly, unexpectedly, leap on or over

Top: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: horse /馬
The sunset is (fast as) a horse and comes suddenly.
JLPT no HSK
plan, to practice

Left: word /, right: negative The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.)
With the words, we should, until sunset, have planned it.
JLPT no HSK
toad
má, ma
Left: insect , right: negative, sunset (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.)
The 'insect, that becomes active at sunset, is the toad.
JLPT no HSK
to enlist, to recruit, to collect, to raise

Top: negative, sink, sunset (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: strength, force
With declining forces, (new troops) need to be recruited.

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