喑 — 12 strokes / Radical「口」
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- On
- イン・オン・アンいん・おん・あん · in · on · an
- Kun
- おし・さけ.ぶoshi · sake.bu
- Meaning
- silent; unable to speak
Stroke order
Origin
Mouth 口 with 音 as phonetic: the voice will not come, keeping silent.
Compounds
- 喑然いんぜん
silent; speechless
- 沈黙ちんもく
silence
Example
一同は喑然として言葉を失った。
All fell silent, at a loss for words.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
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