(wooden) box / cup / old variant of 緘|缄[jian1] / letter
letters / to close / to seal

缄 character breakdown

surname Xian
all / everyone / each / widespread / harmonious
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.
salted / salty / stingy / miserly

= 𠮛 + : Marie Curie decided to go into retreat in the anthill's kitchen, so she blocked the entrance from the inside with her fifth wheel RV. She spent a lot of time on refining a new recipe for radioactive salt, which she finally writes down on a long scroll.

Characters with 缄 as component

缄 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 缄

to keep silent
(idiom) reluctant to speak about it / tight-lipped
see 閉口不言|闭口不言[bi4 kou3 bu4 yan2]

Sentences with 缄

缄 currently does not appear in any sentence.