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黙 means 'silent'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 839   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-6    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 38 words   Used in 66 words   Used in 36 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   モク
Kun
   だまる to remain silent
Additional readings
On    ボク
Kun    もだす
Variants
默  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 黙 - click the badge to download
Silence plays a special role in Japanese, where one must often intuit what isn’t said, but that’s just one type of silence. The essay looks at many kinds, such as tacit agreements, unwritten rules, acquiescence, clamming up during quarrels, awed speechlessness, remaining silent after an arrest, silent tributes to the dead, mutism, and viewing a disturbing sight but doing nothing about it.
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 黙 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 黙 is used 62 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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モク : 50 words FIND ALL
ち ん も く 0
1. silence; being silent; quiet; hush
2. reticence; inaction
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モク (read as もっ) : 5 words FIND ALL
も っ か 0
tacit approval
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だまる : 6 words FIND ALL
だ ま る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be silent
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もだす : 1 word FIND ALL
も だ し が た い 5
unable to decline; hard to refuse
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An additional 然 less common words include 黙 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1856  Joy o' Kanji : 1856  Key to Kanji: - 

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黙
モク   silent   だまる to remain silent   
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里
リ   さと village   
犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丶
dot   
灬
fire
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