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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)
- seal, close
- bind
- letter
Derived characters
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 感
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*kɯːmʔ
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| 鱤
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*kɯːmʔ
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| 顑
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*kʰɯːmʔ, *ŋɡrɯːms
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| 轗
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*kʰɯːmʔ, *kʰɯːms
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| 撼
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*ɡɯːmʔ
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| 憾
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*ɡɯːms
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| 喊
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*qʰaːmʔ, *qʰrɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
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| 緘
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*krɯːm
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| 瑊
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*krɯːm, *kjum
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| 黬
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*krɯːm, *ŋɡrɯːm
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| 減
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*krɯːmʔ, *ɡrɯːmʔ
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| 羬
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*ŋɡrɯːm, *ɡram
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| 麙
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*ŋɡrɯːm
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| 咸
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 鹹
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 醎
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 諴
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 椷
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 輱
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*ɡrɯːm
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| 鍼
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*ɡam, *ɡram, *kjɯm
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| 箴
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*kjɯm
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| 葴
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*kjɯm
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| 鱵
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*kjum
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Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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緘
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13506
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Phonetic
component
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咸
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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緘
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Old
Chinese
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/*krɯːm/
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Definitions
緘
- seal
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
緘
(Hyōgai kanji)
Readings
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 緘 (MC keam).
Pronunciation
Affix
緘 • (kan)
- shut; close; seal
Noun
緘 • (kan)
- seam; seal (of an envelope)
- writing on the seal of an envelope
References
Korean
Hanja
緘 • (ham) (hangeul 함)
- seal, close
- bind
- letter