Dong Chinese dictionary

jiān

seal

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound. Simplified form of 緘.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì, sī

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

咸 Sound component

xián

all

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

jiān

seal, close; bind; letter; letters; to close; to seal

jiān

(wooden) box; cup; old variant of 緘|缄[jiān]

Most common words with 缄

Sources