寂
silent; solitary; Taiwan pr. [ji2]
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,318 U+5BC2
How 寂 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
宀 (semantic, “roof”) + 叔 (phonetic, shū)
How to remember it
lonely · Heisig RSH #655
house + 叔 uncle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 叔
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 叔 (shū) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叔 sound component | shū | uncle; father's younger brother |
| 椒 | jiāo | pepper, spice |
| 督 | dū | to supervise, to oversee, to direct |
| 淑 | shū | good, pure, virtuous; charming |
| 菽 | shū | legumes |
Words containing 寂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 满坐寂然 | mǎn zuò jì rán | the whole audience silent with expectation |
| 寂寂无名 | jì jì wú míng | unknown; unrenowned |
| 空寂 | kōng jì | empty and silent; desolate |
| 死寂 | sǐ jì | deathly stillness |
| 寂然 | jì rán | silent; quiet |
| 热寂 | rè jì | (physics) heat death of the universe |
| 冷寂 | lěng jì | cold and desolate; lonely |
| 圆寂 | yuán jì | (of a Buddhist monk or nun) to pass away; to die |
| 沉寂 | chén jì | silence; stillness |
| 寂静 | jì jìng | quiet |
| 静寂 | jìng jì | quiet; silent |
| 示寂 | shì jì | to pass away (of a monk or nun) |
| 寂灭 | jì miè | to die out; to fade away; nirvana (Buddhism) |
| 孤寂 | gū jì | lonesome; desolate |
| 不甘寂寞 | bù gān jì mò | unwilling to remain lonely or idle; unwilling to be left out |
| 幽寂 | yōu jì | (of a place) isolated and quiet |
| 枯寂 | kū jì | bleak; desolate; devoid of liveliness |
| 万籁俱寂 | wàn lài jù jì | (idiom) dead silent |
| 寂寂 | jì jì | quiet |
| 寂寥 | jì liáo | (literary) quiet and desolate; lonely; vast and empty |