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莫 = 大 + 日 + 艹

莫 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “shalt”. It is built from 大 (large), 日 (day) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2242. It appears as a component in 8 other characters in this index.

Keyword

shalt

RTK frame

2242

Strokes

10

On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)

バク, ボ, マク, モ, ナイ

Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)

くれ, なか.れ, なし

Script

Japanese kanji

Also known as

must not, graveyard, шальт, greenhouse

Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi

莫 do not

Decomposition

Characters that contain 莫

• 模 imitation
• 漠 vague
• 墓 grave
• 暮 livelihood
• 膜 membrane
• 幕 curtain
• 慕 pining
• 募 recruit

How to find 莫 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “large” + “day” + “mugwort”. 莫 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 莫 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.