The Japanese Radical: 莫


Kanji-Trainer
Search:
 
Meaning
to go down, to set    莫

Explanation The plants are made by the sun to be large (= as long shadows) at sunset. - Please be aware that this very similar radical stands for the sunrise.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 1Joyo 5
grave, tomb
haka, BO
Top: sunset, disappear (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: earth [Watch-out: sunrise is: or ]
Sinking among plants into the earth: into the grave.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
curtain, act
MAKU, BAKU
Top: sinking/going down (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), below: cloth [Watch out: Sunrise is: or ]
It is "sinking" (= hanging down): This cloth is a curtain.  
JLPT 1Joyo 6
pattern, imitate, figure, copy, model
MO, BO
Left: tree , right: sink, go down (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [Watch-out: sunrise is: or ]
The tree shows in the sunset (by the long shadow) its pattern.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
bury, funeral, interment
hōmuru,
Top & bottom: plant , middle: death (Below the earth are the bare bones of a sitting person )
Between the plants the dead are buried. (Or: Like a sunset of the dead is the: funeral.)  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
desert, vague, vast, wide
BAKU
Left: water , right: sink, go down (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.) [Watch-out: sunrise is: or ]
Where the water has 'sunk', it is now a desert.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
recruit (employees), enlisting, raise (funds)
tsunoru, BO
Top: sinking, going down (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), below: strength/effort [Watch out: Sunrise is: or ]
With sinking strength we need (more) recruiting.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
yearn for, adore, pine, love dearly
shitau, BO
Top: sinking/going down (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), below: heart [Watch out: Sunrise is: or ]
Like a sinking heart: That's yearning.  
JLPT 2Joyo 6
live, sunset, end, life circumstances
kureru/rasu, BO
Top: sinking/going down (The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: sun [Notice: means sunrise such as in 'morning ']
The sinking sun means sunset. [OR: The plants needed from one sun to the next big sun are the life circumstances.]  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
membrane
MAKU
Left: part of body /, right: sink, go down (Here: =2x10, = image of a membrane and = big part)
The body's part, that separates 20 parts by a membrane from the big part is a: membrane.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
fissure, gap, free space, free time
suki, GEKI
Left: hill , right: vari. of sunset (small , day/sun , small [= the sun becomes smaller and smaller = sunset]
Let's go to the hill at sunset, we have space and time.  

Radicals are shown here that are similar either in appearance or meaning.

At this page you get the memory phrases for learning the Japanese Kanji. If you are learning the Chinese Hanzi, please follow this link.




List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Kanji-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer