默

See also: 黙

Translingual

Shinjitai	黙
Simplified	默
Traditional	默

Etymology

黑 ‎(“black”) + 犬 ‎(“dog”)

Han character

默 (radical 203 黑+4, 16 strokes, cangjie input 田火戈大 (WFIK), four-corner 6333₄)

1. silent
2. quiet, still
3. dark

References

• KangXi: page 1519, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48063
• Dae Jaweon: page 2052, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4744, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9ED8

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		默

Alternative forms

• 嘿 (hēi)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mak⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): hm̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mò
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
    • Wade-Giles: mo⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
    • IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mak⁶
    • Yale: mahk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hm̍h
    • Tâi-lô: hm̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hmh
    • IPA (Taipei): /hm̩ʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hm̩ʔ¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /mək̚/▼

Rime
Character	默
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫北切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mək̚/
Li Rong	/mək̚/
Wang Li	/mək̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/mək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*mlɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	默
Reading #	1/1
No.	5107
Phonetic component	黑
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	墨
Old Chinese	/*mlɯːɡ/

Definitions

默

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Derived terms

• 沉默 (chénmò)
• 默哀
• 默祷
• 默读
• 默记
• 默默
• 默默无闻
• 默念
• 默片
• 默契
• 默然
• 默认
• 默诵
• 默想
• 默写
• 默许

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Japanese

Kanji

默

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 黙)

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Readings

• On: もく (moku)
• Kun: だまる (damaru)

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Korean

Hanja

默 • ‎(muk) (hangeul 묵, revised muk, McCune-Reischauer muk, Yale muk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

默 (mặc, mắc)

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