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KanjiJLPT N1 › 漠

漠 — Vague

JLPT N113 strokesSecondary school#1611 most used
vague, obscure, desert, wide
On’yomiバク (baku)
Kun’yomi

Stroke order (13 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

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Common words using 漠

WordReadingMeaning
砂漠さばく
sabaku
desert
サハラ砂漠サハラさばく
saharasabaku
Sahara Desert
漠然ばくぜん
bakuzen
vague; obscure; indistinct

Study notes

漠 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1611 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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