= m + o4
silent / to write from memory
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How to pronounce 默

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= m initial

M is for Mahatma Gandhi.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ o4 final

In the observatory’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

默 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
quǎn = qu + an3
dog / Kangxi radical 94
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hēi = h + ei1
abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
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hēi = h + ei1
black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing)
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Characters with 默 as component

默 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 默

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taciturn / uncommunicative / silent
(loanword) humor / humorous

Sentences with 默

默 currently does not appear in any sentence.

Want to remember 默 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

silent / to write from memory

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