黙 – silence, become silent, stop speaking

15 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1338 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 黙 means silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is モク、ボク (moku, boku); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is だま.る、もだ.す (damaru, modasu). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 黑 (no. 203).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	モク	moku
On’yomi	ボク	boku
Kun’yomi	だま.る	damaru
Kun’yomi	もだ.す	modasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 黑 (Kangxi radical 203). Components: 犬・里・杰・黒.

Words using 黙

黙るだまるto be silent沈黙ちんもくsilence

Example sentences

もうこれ以上、黙ってられないわ。

I can no longer remain silent.

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それから長い沈黙が続いた。

There followed a long silence.

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Kanji with the same radical

黒

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.