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Translingual
Han character
默 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+4, 16 strokes, cangjie input 田火戈大 (WFIK), four-corner 63334, composition ⿰黑犬)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1519, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48063
- Dae Jaweon: page 2052, character 24
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4744, character 11
- Unihan data for U+9ED8
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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嚜
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*mrɯɡs
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嫼
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*ʔmrɯːd
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墨
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*mlɯːɡ
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默
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*mlɯːɡ
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纆
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*mɯːɡ
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黑
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*hmlɯːɡ
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潶
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*hmlɯːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mlɯːɡ) : phonetic 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ) + semantic 犬 (“dog”)
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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默
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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5107
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Phonetic component
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黑
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Rime group
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職
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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墨
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Old Chinese
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/*mlɯːɡ/
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Definitions
默
- to be silent; to keep quiet; to keep still
- secretly; covertly; imperceptibly
- to write from memory
- Short for 默示錄/默示录 (Mòshìlù, “Revelation”).
- a surname
- (Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) (from 黑 (“black, negro”) + 犬 (quǎn, “dog”)) nigger
Synonyms
Terms for the book of Revelation in different branches of Christianity
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
默
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 黙)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
默 (eumhun 묵묵할 묵 (mungmukhal muk))
- hanja form? of 묵 (“silent”)
- hanja form? of 묵 (“quiet, still”)
Vietnamese
Han character
默: Hán Nôm readings: mặc, mắc
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