Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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: seen as a cooking pot, whose underside is stained black.
里 village
犬 dogA big 大 person with outspread arms holds a small dog 丶.
灬 fireBoth the radical renga and this radical 火 are used for fire.
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 Vocabulary

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

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