黙 silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is 15 strokes jōyō, taught in secondary school old JLPT 1 #1338 in newspapers Readings Onモク、ボク Kunだま.る、もだ.す In Chinese 默 Words written with it 黙る だまる to be silent N3 沈黙 ちんもく silence N1 暗黙 あんもく tacit 黙祷 もくとう silent prayer 黙秘 もくひ remaining silent 寡黙 かもく untalkative 黙認 もくにん tacit approval 黙示 もくし (tacitly) implying 黙殺 もくさつ ignoring 押し黙る おしだまる to keep silent 黙秘権 もくひけん right to keep silent