Kiokun Logo
噤
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

silent

HSK 10
Human →Body →Face
jìn
キン
つぐ.む
금
Forbidden 禁 to speak 口; 禁 also provides the pronunciation
Components
口 mouth+ 禁 prohibit =
噤 silent
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
禁 Meaning component
jìn prohibit
restrict, prohibit, forbid
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
侃 upright and strong兽 bestial (simp)冋 a desert加 add卟 a chemical compound古 ancient叨 talkative叫 call召 summon叭 trumpet叮 sting可 can叱 bawl叶 be in harmony (simp)号 appellation (jp)叹 admire (simp)叼 hold in the mouth叽 sigh (simp)吁 alas (simp)吃 eat (simp)
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
噤
Regular
Modern
Chinese
噤 [jìn]
unable to speak; silent
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (5)
噤若寒蝉 [jìn​ruò​hán​chán] #45,814
to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
噤若寒蝉 [jìn​ruò​hán​chán] #45,814
to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
寒噤 [hán​jìn] #46,265
a shiver
噤声令 [jìn​shēng​lìng]
gag order
噤声令 [jìn​shēng​lìng]
gag order
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
口をつぐむ [くちをつぐむ] #8,685
to hold one's tongue
噤む [つぐむ] #60,833
to shut one's mouth