緘

See also: 缄

緘	U+7DD8, 緘 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DD8

← 緗
[U+7DD7]

CJK Unified Ideographs

緙 →
[U+7DD9]

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

𦆃, 𧁺, 𥶳

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 930, character 2
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27638
Dae Jaweon: page 1368, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3424, character 3
Unihan data for U+7DD8

Chinese

trad.		緘
simp.		缄
alternative forms		椷

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiān (jian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaam¹ / zin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jian
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹
  - Yale: jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jian
  - Palladius: цзянь (czjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gaam¹ / zin¹
  - Yale: gāam / jīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaam¹ / dzin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gam¹ / jin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːm⁵⁵/, /t͡siːn⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: keam

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
Baxter	keam
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠɛm/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚæm/
Shao Rongfen	/kɐm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kəɨm/
Li Rong	/kɐm/
Wang Li	/kɐm/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kăm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaam¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*krɯːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緘
Reading #	1/1
No.	13506
Phonetic component	咸
Rime group	侵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*krɯːm/

Definitions

緘

seal

Compounds

三緘其口 / 三缄其口 (sānjiānqíkǒu)
寶緘 / 宝缄
封緘器 / 封缄器
機緘 / 机缄
瑤緘 / 瑶缄
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 (jiānmòquán)
金人緘口 / 金人缄口

References

“緘”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

緘

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

Go-on: けん (ken)^{←けん (ken, historical)}^{←けむ (kemu, ancient)}
Kan-on: かん (kan)^{←かん (kan, historical)}^{←かむ (kamu, ancient)}
Kun: とじる (tojiru, 緘じる)^{←とぢる (todiru, 緘ぢる, historical)}

Etymology

Kanji in this term
緘
かん Hyōgai
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 緘 (MC keam).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

Affix

緘(かん) • (kan)

shut; close; seal

Noun

緘(かん) • (kan)

seam; seal (of an envelope)
writing on the seal of an envelope

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

緘 • (ham) (hangeul 함)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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