静默 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jìng, jing quiet Simplified

Simplified form of 靜. Both 青 and 爭 are sound components.

Components

青 Sound component

qīng green or blue

争 Sound component

zhēng strife, quarrel

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

mò silent

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the sound and 犬 represents the meaning.

Components

黑 Sound component

hēi black

Change in sound

默 and 黑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
默 mok
黑 xok

犬 Meaning component

quǎn dog

Dogs are not able to speak.

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“默，犬暫逐人也。从犬，黑聲。讀若墨。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jìng, jing quiet Traditional

Both 青 and 爭 are sound components.

Components

青 Sound component

qīng green or blue

爭 Sound component

zhēng strife, quarrel

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		zleŋʔ
Unicode	dzhiɛ̌ng

說文解字

《說文》：“靜，審也。从青，爭聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

静 jìng, jing quiet Simplified

Components

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默 mò silent

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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靜 jìng, jing quiet Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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jìng, jing quiet Simplified

mò silent

jìng, jing quiet Traditional