寞 (mò) — lonely, still, desolate

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B1 (est.) · 字

寞 character · TOCFL B1 (est.)

寞＝宀＋莫

ㄇㄛˋ · mò

adj — lonely, still, desolate

字源 FORM — what the parts do

宀義a roof, the house

莫聲mò — gives the soundthe sun sinking into the grass, nothing left

A roof (宀) over 莫 — and 莫 already pictures the sun gone down into the grass, with nothing left. 莫 carries the sound exactly. House plus that emptiness gives the stillness of 寞: 寂寞、落寞.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

屋裡（宀）天也黑了（莫），一個人也沒有——靜得發空。

Inside the house (宀) the daylight is gone (莫), and no one is there — a stillness that rings hollow.

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意 · Meanings

(本義)寂寞— lonely, still常用

→落寞— dejected, forlorn

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension