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緘

緘

See also: 缄

Translingual

Han character

緘 (radical 120 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火戈竹口 (VFIHR), four-corner 23950, composition ⿰糹咸)

  1. seal, close
  2. bind
  3. letter

References

  • KangXi: page 930, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27638
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1368, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3424, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7DD8

Chinese

trad. 緘
simp. 缄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (咸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
感 *kɯːmʔ
鱤 *kɯːmʔ
顑 *kʰɯːmʔ, *ŋɡrɯːms
轗 *kʰɯːmʔ, *kʰɯːms
撼 *ɡɯːmʔ
憾 *ɡɯːms
喊 *qʰaːmʔ, *qʰrɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
緘 *krɯːm
瑊 *krɯːm, *kjum
黬 *krɯːm, *ŋɡrɯːm
減 *krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
羬 *ŋɡrɯːm, *ɡram
麙 *ŋɡrɯːm
咸 *ɡrɯːm
鹹 *ɡrɯːm
醎 *ɡrɯːm
諴 *ɡrɯːm
椷 *ɡrɯːm
輱 *ɡrɯːm
鍼 *ɡam, *ɡram, *kjɯm
箴 *kjɯm
葴 *kjɯm
鱵 *kjum

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 緘
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 咸 (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 古咸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kˠɛm/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kᵚæm/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kɐm/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kəɨm/
Li
Rong		 /kɐm/
Wang
Li		 /kɐm/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kăm/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 jiān
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 緘
Reading # 1/1
No. 13506
Phonetic
component		 咸
Rime
group		 侵
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 緘
Old
Chinese		 /*krɯːm/

Definitions

緘

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Compounds

  • 緘口／缄口
  • 緘口不言／缄口不言
  • 緘口如瓶／缄口如瓶
  • 緘口無言／缄口无言
  • 緘口結舌／缄口结舌
  • 緘札／缄札
  • 緘舌閉口／缄舌闭口
  • 緘默／缄默 (jiānmò)
  • 緘默權／缄默权
  • 金人緘口／金人缄口

References

Japanese

Kanji

緘

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

緘 • ‎(ham) (hangeul 함, revised ham, McCune-Reischauer ham, Yale ham)

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