漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
黙: silence, become silent
Also: stop speaking, leave as is
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
犬 carries the meaning · 黒 carries meaning and sound
15 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
モクmoku · on'yomi · in compounds
- 沈黙ちんもく
- 暗黙あんもく
- 黙とうもくとうsilent prayer
- 黙秘もくひ
- 寡黙かもくuntalkative; quiet; taciturn
だまるdamaru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 黙るだまるto be silent; to say nothing
Also read ボク, もだす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)黑 (sound) + 犬 dog (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 默 (rev. 92202297), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Black (黒) + dog (犬). Imagine a "black" dog waiting silently in the deep shadows—the literal image of a "quiet" and watchful presence.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
黙 takes the 黒 family's reading, ボク (boku).
Also read モク
3 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ボク
8 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side黙 silence · 犬
vs黛 blackened eyebrows · 代In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 默 · mò
黙 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 默 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 默 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 默 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin mò most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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