Chinese symbol for “tacit”
默示
mò shì
to hint; to imply; implied; tacit
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tacit is 默示 (mò shì), defined as: to hint; to imply; implied; tacit.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 默示.
| 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 |
| 表示 | biǎo shì | (of sb) to express; to state; to show; (of sth) to indicate; to signify; to show |
| 显示 (顯示) | xiǎn shì | to show; to illustrate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tacit”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.