無言

むごん

silence, muteness

Mnemonic

No speech at all, not once, for an entire day, and every person in the office noticed. Not one moo む out of him, gone ごん quiet: むごん.

Built from

無

nothing, without

A thicket of strokes over 灬 fire, the lot of it burnt away to nothing.

言

say, speech

A mouth with the sound drawn coming out of it.

Words sharing these kanji

無い nonexistent, not being 無理 unreasonable, impossible 無事 safely, peacefully 無くなる to be lost, to be used up 無視 ignoring, disregarding 無駄 wasteful, useless 無し naught, nothing, without 言う to say 言葉 word, language 一言 single word, a few words 言い方 way of speaking, expression 発言 speech

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