Kanji
N1 15 strokes Grade 8 freq #1338

silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

black kuro

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

tacit; unspoken
remaining silent; keeping secret
untalkative; quiet
tacit approval; tacit permission
(tacitly) implying; implication
ignoring; disregarding
right to keep silent; right to silence

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

to be silent; to say nothing
to keep silent

Example sentences

He was silent for quite a while.

He interpreted my silence as consent.

I could read between the lines that he wanted me to resign.

There must have been a tacit understanding between them.