# 黙 — Shut Up

Frequency rank 913 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 壊 (Break), less common than 倉 (Warehouse).

- On’yomi: もく
- Kun’yomi: だま
- Radical: 火 Fire (Kangxi 86)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

Black ink stains the left while a dog sits on the right — a black dog that won't stop barking until you tell it to shut up.

In words:

- 黙る だまる — to be silent
- 沈黙 ちんもく — silence;reticence

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