Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb

    to keep silent

    私達はじっと押し黙っておはしを使って食事をした。
    We ate with chopsticks in restrained silence.
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

push, stop, check, subdue, attach, seize, weight, shove, press, seal, do in spite of

Kun
お.すお.し-お.っ-お.さえるおさ.える
On
オウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N3
Frequency
789 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Used in names as

おしおすおや

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3c5.5The Kanji Dictionary
5605.0Four corner code
1355deroo
62bcUnicode hex code
1-18-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1885Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2128New Nelson (John Haig)
314New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
371Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
234Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
278Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1114Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1195Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
587A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
587Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1632Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11929Morohashi
1033A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
986Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1021Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
563Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1175Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
256Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
868Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1123Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ya1, ya2Pinyin reading
ab, gabKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is

Kun
だま.るもだ.す
On
モクボク
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1338 of 2500
Radical
black
WaniKani
Level 46

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-11-4SKIP code
4d11.5The Kanji Dictionary
6333.3Four corner code
3640deroo
9ed9Unicode hex code
1-44-59JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2796Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7055New Nelson (John Haig)
2865New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3554Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1833Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2494Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
240Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
255Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1418A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2405Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1581Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
48063PMorohashi
1856A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1578Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1684Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1925Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1819Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
869Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1941Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
245Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mo4Pinyin reading
mugKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level