寞
mò HSK7

silent

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 莫 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
莫
莫 Sound component
mò, mo do not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːɡ
Unicodemɑk

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica