默

See also: 黙

默	U+9ED8, 默 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ED8

← 黗
[U+9ED7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

黙 →
[U+9ED9]

Translingual

Japanese	黙
Simplified	默
Traditional	默

Han character

默 (Kangxi radical 203, 黑+4, 16 strokes, cangjie input 田火戈大 (WFIK), four-corner 6333₄, composition ⿰黑犬)

Derived characters

𰟵, 𭺍, 𧞾, 𫄓, 䁿

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1519, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48063
Dae Jaweon: page 2052, character 24
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4744, character 11
Unihan data for U+9ED8

Chinese

trad.		默
simp. ^#		默
alternative forms		嘿黙㱄

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 默
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (黑) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
嚜	*mrɯɡs
嫼	*ʔmrɯːd
墨	*mlɯːɡ
默	*mlɯːɡ
纆	*mɯːɡ
黑	*hmlɯːɡ
潶	*hmlɯːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mlɯːɡ): phonetic 黑 (OC *hmlɯːɡ) + semantic 犬 (“dog”)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): mò (mo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): me²
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mak⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): mak⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): met⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): me̍t

(Meixian, Guangdong): mêd⁶
Jin (Wiktionary): mieh⁴
Northern Min (KCR): mă̤
Eastern Min (BUC): mĕk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): be̍k / bia̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): mig⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸meq
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): me⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mò
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mò
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁴
  - Yale: mwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
  - Palladius: мо (mo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: me²
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: me
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛ²¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: mak⁶
  - Yale: mahk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mak⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: meg⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐk̚²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: mak⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbak̚³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: met⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛt̚⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: med
  - Hagfa Pinyim: med⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: mêd⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /mɛt̚⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: mieh⁴
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /miəʔ²/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mă̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: mĕk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛiʔ⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: be̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bi̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bek
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /biɪk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /biɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: bia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: biak
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /biak̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: mig⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mi̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mik̚⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸meq
  - MiniDict: meh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵meq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹²/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: me⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤ̞²⁴/

Middle Chinese: mok

Rime
Character	默
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	德 (131)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫北切
Baxter	mok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mək̚/
Pan Wuyun	/mək̚/
Shao Rongfen	/mək̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mək̚/
Li Rong	/mək̚/
Wang Li	/mək̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mək̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mò
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mak⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*mlɯːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	默
Reading #	1/1
No.	5107
Phonetic component	黑
Rime group	職
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	墨
Old Chinese	/*mlɯːɡ/

Definitions

默

to be silent; to keep quiet; to keep still
secretly; covertly; imperceptibly
to write from memory
short for 默示錄／默示录 (Mòshìlù, “Revelation”)
a surname
(Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) (from 黑 (“black, negro”) +‎ 犬 (quǎn, “dog”)) nigger

Synonyms

Terms for the book of Revelation in different branches of Christianity

Branch	Names	Abbreviations edit
Protestant	啟示錄	啟
Roman Catholic	若望默示錄, 默示錄	默
Eastern Orthodox	約安之啟示錄

Compounds

冥默
啞默悄靜 / 哑默悄静
喑默 (yīnmò)
啽默
幽默 (yōumò)
幽默感 (yōumògǎn)
循默
慎默
打破沉默
拱默
沖默 / 冲默
沉默 (chénmò)
沉默寡言 (chénmòguǎyán)
沉默是金 (chénmò shì jīn)
淵默 / 渊默
潛神默思 / 潜神默思
潛神默記 / 潜神默记
潛移默化 / 潜移默化 (qiányímòhuà)
潛移默奪 / 潜移默夺
潛移默運 / 潜移默运
理默
瘖默 (yīnmò)
眇默
緘默 / 缄默 (jiānmò)
緘默權 / 缄默权 (jiānmòquán)
靜默 / 静默 (jìngmò)
鴉默雀靜 / 鸦默雀静 (yāmoqiǎojìng)
黑色幽默 (hēisè yōumò)
默不作聲 / 默不作声 (mòbùzuòshēng)
默劇 / 默剧 (mòjù)
默哀 (mò'āi)
默唸 / 默念 (mòniàn)
默坐 (mòzuò)
默契 (mòqì)
默存
默寫 / 默写 (mòxiě)
默念 (mòniàn)
默思
默想 (mòxiǎng)
默書 / 默书 (mòshū)
默然 (mòrán)
默無一言 / 默无一言
默然無聲 / 默然无声
默照禪 / 默照禅
默片
默示 (mòshì)
默祐
默禱 / 默祷 (mòdǎo)
默稿
默算
默記 / 默记 (mòjì)
默許 / 默许 (mòxǔ)
默誦 / 默诵
默認 / 默认 (mòrèn)
默識 / 默识
默讀 / 默读 (mòdú)
默默 (mòmò)
默默不語 / 默默不语
默默無聞 / 默默无闻 (mòmòwúwén)
默默無聲 / 默默无声
默默無言 / 默默无言
默默無語 / 默默无语

Japanese

Shinjitai	黙
Kyūjitai	默

Kanji

默

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 黙)

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Readings

Go-on: もく (moku)
Kan-on: ぼく (boku)
Kun: だまる (damaru, 默る)、もだす (modasu, 默す)

Korean

Hanja

默 (eumhun 묵묵할 묵 (mungmukhal muk))

hanja form^? of 묵 (“silent”)
hanja form^? of 묵 (“quiet, still”)

Vietnamese

Han character

默: Hán Nôm readings: mặc, mắc

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