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緘

緘 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 開いているものをきつく閉じる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「糸」+音符「咸」。「とじる」を意味する漢語｛緘｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

shut, seal

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • カン
Kun (native)
  • かん(する)
  • と(じる)
Other languages
  • 拼音jian1
  • 한글ham
  • Hán-ViệtGiam

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7DD8

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸咸

Words using this kanji

  • 緘かん開いているものをきつく閉じる。seam, seal (e.g. envelope), writing on the seal of an envelope
  • 緘黙かんもく口を閉ざして、喋らないこと。keeping silent
  • 緘口令かんこうれい「箝口令」の別表記。gag order, gag rule, gag law
  • 緘するかんする開いている口などををきつく閉じる。to seal, to shut, to close, to silence
  • 緘黙症かんもくしょう発声などの器官の障害や失語症などがないにもかかわらず、口を閉ざし何も話さない状態。無言症。mutism

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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