默 (mò)

Silent; tacit.

How 默 is written

Strokes
16
Radical
黑 — black
Traditional
默
Simplified
默 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 默

幽默 yōumò
(loanword) humor; humorous
沉默 chénmò
taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
默默 mòmò
in silence; not speaking
幽默感 yōumògǎn
sense of humor
默契 mòqì
to understand tacitly; secret agreement; implicit recognition
默念 mòniàn
to read in silence; to contemplate inwardly
默然 mòrán
silent; speechless
默認 mòrèn
to agree tacitly; tacit approval; default (setting)
利勒哈默爾 lìlèhāmòěr
Lillehammer (city in Norway)
土默特右旗 tǔmòtèyòuqí
Tumed right banner, Mongolian Tümed baruun khoshuu, in Baotou 包頭|包头[Bao1 tou2], Inner Mongolia
土默特左旗 tǔmòtèzuǒqí
Tumed left banner, Mongolian Tümed züün khoshuu, in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia
潛移默化 qiányímòhuà
imperceptible influence; to influence secretly

默 in a sentence

他們很有默契。

Tāmen hěn yǒu mòqì.

“They have a great tacit understanding.”

How common is 默?

默 is the 1,029th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 89.6% of all running text.

Characters that appear with 默

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