See also:
U+9ED9, 黙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9ED9

[U+9ED8]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+9EDA]

Translingual

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Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character

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(Kangxi radical 203, +4, 15 strokes, cangjie input 田大火 (WKF), composition ⿱⿰ or )

References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1519, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48063
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4744, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+9ED9

Chinese

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

Japanese

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Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Glyph origin

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Japanese shinjitai Simplified from (); further, 黒 is split into and (on the bottom). Compare (from ).

Kanji

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(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

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

Readings

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  • Go-on: もく (moku, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ぼく (boku)
  • Kun: だまる (damaru, 黙る, Jōyō)もだす (modasu, 黙す)