默 — Chinese character
默
mò
silent; quiet, still; dark
- Pinyin
- mò
- Radical
- 203 ⿊ (Black)
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- 黑 犬
- Formation
- pictographic — A dog 犬 watching in the dark 黑
- Japanese
- 默 as a kanji
Common words with 默
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沉默 | chén mò | taciturn; uncommunicative |
| 幽默 | yōu mò | (loanword) humor; humorous |
| 默默 | mò mò | in silence; not speaking |
| 默认 (默認) | mò rèn | to agree tacitly; tacit approval |
| 默契 | mò qì | tacit understanding; unwritten agreement; rapport |
| 幽默感 | yōu mò gǎn | sense of humor |
| 静默 (靜默) | jìng mò | silent; still; quiet; to mourn in silence; to observe silence |
| 默许 (默許) | mò xǔ | to accept tacitly; acquiescence |
| 缄默 (緘默) | jiān mò | to keep silent |
| 默默无闻 (默默無聞) | mò mò wú wén | (idiom) unknown; unrenowned |
| 默哀 | mò āi | to observe a moment of silence in tribute |
| 黑色幽默 | hēi sè yōu mò | black humor |
English words written with 默
默 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Zhuangzi 13 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Analects 7.2
- Zhuangzi On Letting Alone
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Tien Tzŭ Fang
- Zhuangzi Knowledge travels North
- Zhuangzi Tsê Yang
- The Doctrine of the Mean Passage 28
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