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黙, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
黙 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Translingual
Han character
黙 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+4, 15 strokes, 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
Chinese
Japanese
Glyph origin
Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 默 (黑 → 黒); further, 黒 is split into 里 and
灬 (on the bottom). Compare 点 (from 點).
Kanji
黙
(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 默)
- silence
- silently
- (to be) silent
Readings