Memory phrase for the character: 缄
缄
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Meaning
to seal, to close, letter
Pronunciation
jiān
Explanation
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: salty 咸 (The taste is for the person 人 (= ノ & 一) in the mouth 口 like a halberd 戈 such salty!)
Mnemonic
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The thread is salty and is sealed in a letter.
Radicals
幺
short thread This radical appears like a part of “thread 糸” and is therefore understood as a “short thread”.
咸
salty
戎
military The ten 十 (persons) at the halberd 戈 form the military.
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Vocabulary
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缄默
jiān mò
to keep silent
缄口不言
jiān kǒu bù yán
lips sealed and not saying anything (idiom); fig. to omit mention (of a non-person or embarrassing topic); to censor
缄口不言
jiān kǒu bù yán