黙

黙 — silence, become silent, stop speaking

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 15
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1338 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: もく moku

ぼく boku
Kun'yomi: だま.る dama.ru

もだ.す moda.su

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 黙

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