漠
漠 — Vague
vague, obscure, desert, wide
On’yomiバク (baku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 漠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砂漠 | さばく sabaku | desert |
| サハラ砂漠 | サハラさばく saharasabaku | Sahara Desert |
| 漠然 | ばくぜん bakuzen | vague; obscure; indistinct |
Study notes
漠 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1611 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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