Memory phrase for the character: 黙

黙

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Meaning

be silent, stop speaking

Pronunciation

MOKU
damaru

Explanation

 Left and bottom: black 黒 (The underside 土 of the pot 里 on the fire 灬 is black.), right: dog 犬

Mnemonic
 
(Because it barked too loud:) The village's 里 dog was put into the fire to make it silent.

Radicals

黒 blackComprises village 里 and fire 灬. but here 里 is seen as a cooking pot, whose underside is stained black.
里 village
犬 dogShows big 大, as a broad-legged person with arms stretched out wide, holding a small dog 丶.
灬 fireBoth the radicals renga 灬 and hi 火 are used for fire.




 Vocabulary

沈黙 ちんもく  silence, reticence
黙る だまる  to be silent

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