寞

mò
#2,596 most
frequent character
lonesome

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

寞 pairs 宀 house with 莫 mò as the sound part. It first meant quiet or noiseless. The sense then grew to lonesome or lonely.

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Homophones

末mò
end, last, final stage
墨mò
ink
磨mò
grindstone, to grind, to turn round
脉mò
see 脈脈|脉脉[mo4 mo4]
莫mò
do not, there is none who
没mò
drowned, to end, to die, to inundate
万mò
used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]

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