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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