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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 13

黙 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

silence

On: モクmoku ボクboku
Kun: だまるdamaru もだすmodasu だんまりdanmari

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

黙15 strokes

How to write 黙: stroke order

黙 has 15 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

黙 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 黙 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 黙

The parts 黙 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

黒 (黑)
black
Radical
犬
dog

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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 13

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