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漠

Reading

Kana: バク
Romaji: baku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

vague, obscure, desert, wide

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  1611
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-10
Korean Reading:  mag
Chinese Reading:  mo4
Unicode:  6f20
JIS:  4779

Indexes

Halpern Index: 655
Nelson Index: 2649
New Nelson Index: 3268
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a10.18
Four Corner Index: 3413.4
Guide to Remembering Index: 1700
Gakken Index: 1789
Japanese Names Index: 1853
Daikanwanjiten Index: 18149X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0221
Remembering the kanji Index: 230
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1496
Kodansha Compact Index: 1236
Kanji in Context Index: 1159
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 469
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 598
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 235
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 245
Kodansha Kanji Index: 804
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 363
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1641

Words

砂漠 (さばく)
desert
空漠 (くうばく)
vast; boundless; vague
索莫 (さくばく)
dreary; bleak; desolate
漠然 (ばくぜん)
obscure; vague; equivocal
荒漠 (こうばく)
desolate (e.g. plains); ruined
サハラ砂漠 (サハラさばく)
Sahara Desert
広漠 (こうばく)
vast; wide; boundless
漠々 (ばくばく)
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
茫漠 (ぼうばく)
boundless; vast; vague; obscure
砂漠化 (さばくか)
desertification; to turn to desert
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