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HSK 416 strokes

silent

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
Meaning
silent; to write from memory
Strokes
16
HSK level
HSK 4
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿰黑犬

A dog 犬 watching in the dark 黑

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

16 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

chén
HSK 4

taciturn; uncommunicative; silent

Open 沉默 page →
HSK 4

in silence; not speaking

Open 默默 page →
yōu
HSK 5

(loanword) humor; humorous

Open 幽默 page →
HSK 7-9

tacit understanding; unwritten agreement

Open 默契 page →

imperceptible influence

Open 潜移默化 page →
wén
HSK 7-9

(idiom) unknown; unrenowned

Open 默默无闻 page →
yuān

profound silence

Open 渊默 page →
jiān

to keep silent

Open 缄默 page →

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