缄 — Chinese character
缄
jiān
to seal, to close, to bind; a letter
- Pinyin
- jiān
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 纟 咸
- Formation
- pictophonetic — silk; meaning component 纟; sound component 咸
- Traditional
- 緘
Common words with 缄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缄默 (緘默) | jiān mò | to keep silent |
| 三缄其口 (三緘其口) | sān jiān qí kǒu | (idiom) reluctant to speak about it; tight-lipped |
| 缄口不言 (緘口不言) | jiān kǒu bù yán | see 闭口不言 (bì kǒu bù yán) |
English words written with 缄
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.