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緘
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缄
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bind

HSK 10
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jiān
カン
かん.する、と.じる
함
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound.
Components
糹 silk+ 咸 everybody =
緘 bind
糹 Meaning component
mì
silk
糹 is a component form of 糸.
咸 Phonetic component
Xián everybody
surname Xian
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Notes
Similar Characters
总 altogether (simp)絕 discontinue (trad)絲 silk (trad)糾 entangle (trad/jp)紀 epoch (trad/jp)紂 name of an emperor (trad)約 make an appointment (trad/jp)紅 red (trad/jp)紆 bend (trad)紈 white (trad)紉 thread (trad)紋 design (trad/jp)納 let in (trad/jp)紐 new (trad)紓 relieve (trad)純 unadulterated (trad/jp)紕 spoiled (trad)紗 yarn (trad)紙 paper (trad/jp)級 rank (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
缄
Regular
Modern
Chinese
缄 / 緘 [jiān]
letters; to close; to seal
Japanese
緘 かん 同音

noun

  1. seam; seal (e.g. envelope)
  2. writing on the seal of an envelope
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (3)
缄默 [jiān​mò] #17,872
to keep silent
缄口不言 [jiān​kǒu​bù​yán] #58,191
lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic)
三缄其口 [sān​jiān​qí​kǒu]
(idiom) reluctant to speak about it
JAPANESE WORDS (13)
緘口令 [かんこうれい] #51,869
gag order
箝口令をしく [かんこうれいをしく] #68,318
to impose a gag order
封緘 [ふうかん] #93,093
seal (letters, documents, etc.)
緘黙 [かんもく] #115,410
keeping silent
緘する [かんする] #141,897
to seal
箝口 [かんこう] #220,084
keeping silent
緘黙症 [かんもくしょう] #255,242
mutism
封緘葉書 [ふうかんはがき] #287,642
lettercard
場面緘黙 [ばめんかんもく]
selective mutism
場面緘黙症 [ばめんかんもくしょう]
selective mutism
3 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
함구
holding one's tongue; zipping one's lips; silence
함구령
gag; gag order