Jisho

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15 strokes
Radical:
black
Parts:
Variants:
silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1338 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 黙祷 【モクトウ】 silent prayer
  • 黙示 【モクシ】 (tacitly) implying, implication, revelation
  • 寡黙 【カモク】 untalkative, quiet, taciturn, reticent, uncommunicative
  • 温厚寡黙 【オンコウカモク】 gentle and reticent

Kun reading compounds

  • 黙る 【だまる】 to be silent, to say nothing

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo4
Korean:
mug

Spanish

  • silencio
  • callarse
  • dejar de hablar

Portuguese

  • silêncio
  • tornar-se silencioso
  • parar de falar
  • deixar como está

French

  • silence
  • se taire
  • laisser en l'état
1856 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1418 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2796 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1581 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1925 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2405 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1578 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1684 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
869 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1941 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3554 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1833 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2494 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
245 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
48063P Morohashi
2865 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7055 New Nelson (John Haig)
240 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
255 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1819 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3640 2001 Kanji
4d11.5 The Kanji Dictionary
2-11-4 SKIP code
6333.3 Four corner code
1-44-59 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ed9 Unicode hex code

9 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
pledge, promise, vow
Kun:
ちぎ.る
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
898 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 契約 【ケイヤク】 contract, compact, agreement
  • 契機 【ケイキ】 opportunity, chance, trigger, cause
  • 幽契 【ユウケイ】 secret promise made to the gods
  • 黙契 【モッケイ】 implicit agreement, tacit understanding

Kun reading compounds

  • 契る 【ちぎる】 to pledge, to vow, to promise, to swear, to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife), to share a bed

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4, xie4, qie4
Korean:
gye, geul

Spanish

  • compromiso
  • promesa
  • voto
  • prometer
  • dar su palabra

Portuguese

  • penhor
  • promessa
  • voto

French

  • engagement
  • promesse
  • voeux
1195 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1153 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1177 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1132 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1179 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
980 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
565 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
574 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
751 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
417 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3267 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1686 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2293 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1563 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5917X Morohashi
2639 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1155 New Nelson (John Haig)
1549 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1669 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
2f7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
5743.2 Four corner code
1-23-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5951 Unicode hex code