莫
mò
#953 most
frequent character
do not, there is none who
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
莫 shows the sun 日 low in the sky, with grass 艹 around it and more grass 大 below, so it first meant the sun sinking in the west. The sense 'no one' or 'do not' was borrowed for the sound alone, with no link to the picture.
Drawn as: sun sinking behind grass; grass above and below
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