缄
jiān

seal

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

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

咸
咸 Sound component
xián all

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

緘 seal Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 咸 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

咸
咸 Sound component
xián all

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkrɯːm
Unicodegæm

說文解字

束篋也。从糸咸聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)