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黙

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 913 / 2,608

Shut Up

On’yomi
もく
Kun’yomi
だま
Radical
火 Fire (Kangxi 86)

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

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

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 silentN3
沈黙 ちんもく silence;reticenceN1

黙 is rank 913 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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