噤

噤 · jìn

close; be silent, be unable speak

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
jìn
Cantonese
gam3
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

close; be silent, be unable speak

Dictionary definitions & readings

噤 jìn · unable to speak; silent

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
10688.140:jìn Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0592.090:jìn Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
178.070:jìn Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
jìn粵gam3 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キン ゴン つぐむ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
금:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
gặm Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
渠飲 巨禁 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
RDDF Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
6409.1 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0209.300 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
329.26 440.48 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0655m Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5664
Radical
口 · 30
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
13
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6089

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
噤
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
gimX · 渠飲 · 深開三上侵群 · #1992
Middle Chinese
gimH · 巨禁 · 深開三去侵群 · #3088

PHONO-ML, source line 12284; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
291.206
kCowles
1531 1907 4326
kDaeJaweon
0432.140
kFennIndex
76.06
kGSR
0655m
kHanYu
10688.140
kIRGDaeJaweon
0432.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
10688.140
kIRGKangXi
0209.300
kKangXi
0209.300
kKarlgren
388
kMatthews
1079
kMeyerWempe
1018 3003
kMorohashi
04364
kNelson
1004
kSBGY
329.26 440.48
kSMSZD2003Index
119.10
kCangjie
RDDF
kFenn
492K
kFourCornerCode
6409.1
kHKGlyph
0686
kMojiJoho
MJ008679
kPhonetic
567
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
AGTJHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-6064
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BEB6
kIRG_JSource
J0-5361
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3ACD
kIRG_KSource
K1-5B58
kIRG_TSource
T1-703F
kIRG_VSource
V1-4F7D
kRSUnicode
30.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
BEB6
kCCCII
213742
kCNS1986
1-703F
kCNS1992
1-703F
kEACC
213742
kGB0
6468
kGB1
6468
kJis0
5165
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
0891
kTGH
2013:6089
kTaiwanTelegraph
0891
kXerox
267:061
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+4436+30.3.13
kCantonese
gam3
kDefinition
close; be silent, be unable speak
kFanqie
渠飲 巨禁
kHangul
금:1N
kHanyuPinyin
10688.140:jìn
kJapanese
キン ゴン つぐむ
kJapaneseKun
TSUGUMU
kJapaneseOn
KIN
kKorean
KUM
kMandarin
jìn
kSMSZD2003Readings
jìn粵gam3
kTGHZ2013
178.070:jìn
kVietnamese
gặm
kXHC1983
0592.090:jìn

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
5dictionary records using 噤0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
口 beside 禁 · the same shape in all seven regional standards (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Vietnam)
Source notation ^⿰口禁$(GHTJKPV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰口禁$(GHTJKPV)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.