黙 — silence, become silent, stop speaking

だまる黙 silence

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 15 strokes

U+9ED9 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1338 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #255 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

silence
become silent
stop speaking
leave as is

word

たま・だま tama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

黙(だま) る damaru to be silent

もく moku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

沈(ちん) 黙(もく) chinmoku silence 暗(あん) 黙(もく) anmoku tacit 黙(もく) 々と mokumokuto silently 寡(か) 黙(もく) kamoku taciturn

Appears in idioms

沈思黙考四字熟語

sink, think, silence, think

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Components

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くろい黒 black

いぬ犬 dog #94

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#203 黑 black

黙 — silence, become silent, stop speaking

Meanings

word

たま・だま tama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

もく moku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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黙 — silence, become silent, stop speaking

Meanings

word

たま ・だま tama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

もく moku On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

たま・だま tama Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).