莫

莫 (radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿日大 (TAK), four-corner 4443₀, composition ⿱艹旲 or ⿱䒤大)

• 嗼, 塻, 嫫, 𡻟, 幙, 慔, 摸, 漠, 獏, 暯, 膜, 模, 氁, 㷬, 𭷱, 𬎇, 𮂓, 瞙, 糢, 𮖪, 縸(𫄲), 蟆, 謨(谟), 貘, 𧷸, 𨢢, 鏌(镆), 𩌧, 饃(馍), 䮬, 𩻁, 𪍤(𬹍), 𠢓, 鄚, 𮍅, 𪅐
• 寞, 𢊗, 瘼, 𩄻, 鬕, 募, 𠻚, 墓, 𡖶, 𡠜, 幕, 摹, 暮, 㱳, 慕, 𬑤, 蟇, 謩, 驀(蓦), 𡈗

Wikidata

• KangXi: page 1035, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31078
• Dae Jaweon: page 1494, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3217, character 15
• Unihan data for U+83AB

Historical forms of the character 莫
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – the sun (日) sinking into the bushes (屮); dusk. Original form of 暮 (OC *maːɡs, “dusk”).

The bottom was later distorted into 大.

From 無 (OC *ma, “there is no”) + distributive suffix *-k (Schuessler, 2007).

莫

1. none; nothing; not anything

   • 在天者莫明於日月。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     在天者莫明于日月。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Zài tiān zhě mò míng yú rì yuè. [Pinyin]

     In the sky, there is nothing brighter than the Sun and the Moon.

2. (literary or dialectal Mandarin, dialectal Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min Dong) do not; don't; must not

   • 人生得意須盡歡，莫使金樽空對月。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     人生得意须尽欢，莫使金樽空对月。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 李白, 《將進酒》

     Rénshēng déyì xū jìn huān, mò shǐ jīnzūn kōng duì yuè. [Pinyin]

     In life, fully enjoy yourself when you are delighted; do not allow an empty goblet to face the moon.

3. particle indicating a rhetorical question
4. A surname​.

Contraction of 毋愛／毋爱 (m̄-ài).

莫

(Min Nan)

1. do not; don't; must not

   莫摸我！ [Min Nan]  ―  Mài bong góa! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  Don't touch me!

2. to not want

莫

1. ^† Original form of 暮 (mù, “dusk; late”).
2. ^† a kind of vegetable

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. late
2. end
3. not be
4. must not

• Go-on: も (mo); まく (maku)
• Kan-on: ぼ (bo); ばく (baku)
• Kun: くれ (kure, 莫れ); ない (nai, 莫い); なかれ (nakare, 莫れ)

莫 • (mak, mo) (hangeul 막, 모)

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莫: Hán Việt readings: mạc (末(mạt)各(các)切(thiết))[1][2][3]
莫: Nôm readings: mác[1][2][3][4][5][6], mạc[1][2][5][6], mếch[1]

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