Memory phrase for the character: 缄

缄

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to seal, to close, letter

jiān

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!)

The thread is salty and is sealed in a letter.

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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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

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