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漠 character · B2
漠 ＝ 水 ＋ 莫
ㄇㄛˋ · mò
noun/adj — desert; vast and empty; indifferent

字源 FORM — what the parts do

水義water — by its absence, the dry waste
莫聲mò — gives the soundthe sun (日) sinking into the grass (艸): dusk, nothing left
Tmò ↔ donor 莫 also mù; the desert reading is mò
Water (水) named by what is missing — the northern sands, the desert. 莫 mò carries the sound, and its own picture fits: the sun gone down into the grass, emptiness. From the bare expanse, vast and then cold: 沙漠、廣漠、冷漠.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

太陽落進草裡（莫），水（水）一滴也沒有——只剩一望無際的沙。
The sun sinks into the grass (莫), not a drop of water (水) left — only sand to the horizon.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)沙漠— desert, sandy waste常用
→廣漠、空曠— vast, empty
⇒冷漠、漠視— indifferent, to ignore常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
莫mòthe phonetic alone — 莫 is the sun setting in grass; 漠 adds water 水 for the waterless waste膜mósame 莫, but flesh 月 for a membrane, not water for sand