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

References

  • KangXi: 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
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

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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

References


Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
かん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese (MC kˠɛm).

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

(ham) (hangeul )

  1. seal, close
  2. bind
  3. letter
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