黙

See also: 默

Translingual

Japanese	黙
Simplified	默
Traditional	默

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 默 (黑 → 黒); further, 黒 is split into 里 and 灬 (on the bottom). Compare 点 (from 點).

Han character

黙 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+4, 16 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 田大火 (WKF), composition ⿱⿰里犬灬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1519, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48063
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4744, character 12
• Unihan data for U+9ED9

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 黙 – see 默 (“to be silent; to keep quiet; to keep still; secretly; covertly; imperceptibly; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 默).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	黙
Kyūjitai	默

Kanji

黙

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 默)

1. silence
2. silently
3. (to be) silent

Readings

• Go-on: もく (moku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: ぼく (boku)
• Kun: だまる (damaru, 黙る, Jōyō)、もだす (modasu, 黙す)