黙

See also: 默
黙 U+9ED9, 黙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ED9
← 默
[U+9ED8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 黚 →
[U+9EDA]

Translingual
Japanese 黙
Simplified 默
Traditional 默

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai Simplified from 默 (黑 → 黒); further, 黒 is split into 里 and 灬 (on the bottom). Compare 点 (from 點).

Han character

黙 (radical 203, 黑+4, 16 strokes in Chinese, 15 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 田大火 (WKF), composition ⿱⿰里犬灬)

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 1519, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48063
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4744, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9ED9

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 黙 – see 默 (“to be silent; to keep quiet; to keep still; secretly; covertly; imperceptibly; etc.”).
(This character, 黙, is a variant form of 默.)

Japanese

Shinjitai

 黙

Kyūjitai

 默

Kanji
黙

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 默)

  1. silence
  2. silently
  3. (to be) silent

Readings
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