Chinese Character 默 Meanings and components.

Form

默

Meaning

默 meaning[3] in English

Silent.

To Write From Memory.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 默 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are abbr. for Heilongjiang … (黑) , and dog (犬)

Its radical[1] is: 黑 (hei1) which means: Abbr. For Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 Long2 Jiang1], .黑hei1abbr. for …

In cangjie it is written with WFIK

How to write 默

To write默mo4silent you should write a combination of 黑hei1abbr. for … , 犬quan3dog arranged in a 吅 shape:

黑 + 犬 = 默

默 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 默 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 默, looks as follow:

默
Pinyin:mo4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Silent . To Write From Memory
黑
Pinyin:hei1
Meaning[3]: Abbr. For Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 Long2 Jiang1]
犬
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Dog . Kangxi Radical 94
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丶
Pinyin:zhu3
Meaning[3]: 'Dot' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 3) . See Also 點|点[Dian3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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