漠

desert

漠 is composed of the BuShou of 水 and 莫. 莫 depicts the lowering sun being covered by grass, light dims at sunset and will be gone very soon, so 莫 also has the meaning of dried up or exhausted. Water is the spring of life, all creatures needs water, the place will be barren and deserted.

Vocabulary of 漠

  • 沙漠 (desert)、冷漠 (cold and detached)、漠視 (to ignore)

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