# 默

| 默 | U+9ED8, &#40664; 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 6333$_4$, 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
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 默 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 (mo$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): me$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mak$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): mak$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): met$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): me̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): mêd$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): mieh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): mă̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): mĕk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): be̍k / bia̍k
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mig$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$meq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): me$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mò
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mò
*** Wade–Giles: mo$^4$
*** Yale: mwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moh
*** Palladius: мо (mo)
*** Sinological IPA : /mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: me$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: me
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mak$^6$
*** Yale: mahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: meg$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐk̚²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: mak$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵐbak̚³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: met$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: med
*** Hagfa Pinyim: med$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: mêd$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /mɛt̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: mieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /miəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mă̤
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛ²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mĕk
*** Sinological IPA : /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: mig$^8$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mi̍k
*** Sinological IPA : /mik̚⁴/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$meq
*** MiniDict: meh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$meq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /məʔ¹²/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: me$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /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/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /mək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mò |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mak$^6$ |
* 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

| Branch | Names | Abbreviations |
| 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

(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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