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黙 = 犬 + 黒

黙 is a Japanese kanji written with 15 strokes, listed here under the keyword “silence”. It is built from 犬 (dog) and 黒 (black). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 255.

Keyword
silence
RTK frame
255
Strokes
15
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
モク, ボク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
だま.る, もだ.す
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
молчание
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
黙 silent

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 犬 dog
  2. 黒 black

Alternative decomposition

  1. 灬 fire radical
  2. 犬 dog
  3. 里 ri

How to find 黙 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “dog” + “black”. 黙 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 黙 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.