See also:
U+7DD8, 緘
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DD8

[U+7DD7]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7DD9]

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. seal, close
  2. bind
  3. letter

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.
simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (151)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter keam
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaam1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13506
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*krɯːm/

Definitions

  1. 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

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
かん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC keam).

Pronunciation

Affix

(かん) • (kan) 

  1. shut; close; seal

Noun

(かん) • (kan) 

  1. seam; seal (of an envelope)
  2. writing on the seal of an envelope

References

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

Korean

Hanja

• (ham) (hangeul )

  1. seal, close
  2. bind
  3. letter
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