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jǐn HSK3

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Phonosemantic compound. 臤 represents the sound, while 糸 represents the meaning.

Components

臤 Sound component

Change in sound

緊 and 臤 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

糸 Meaning component

Depicts a thread being tightened.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kjinX	C.qi[n]ʔ (I! no palatalization)	tight

《說文》：“緊，纏絲急也。从臤，从絲省。”