黙
黙 — Silence
silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is
On’yomiモク (moku)
On’yomiボク (boku)
Kun’yomiだまる (damaru)
Kun’yomiもだす (modasu)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 黙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沈黙 | ちんもく chinmoku | silence; being silent; quiet |
| 黙る | だまる damaru | to be silent; to say nothing |
| 暗黙 | あんもく anmoku | tacit; unspoken; implicit |
| 黙とう | もくとう mokutou | silent prayer |
| 黙秘 | もくひ mokuhi | remaining silent; keeping secret |
| 寡黙 | かもく kamoku | untalkative; quiet; taciturn |
Study notes
黙 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1338 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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