缄

椷
jiān
  1. (wooden) box
  2. cup
  3. old variant of 缄 jiān
  4. letter

CEDICT

  1. box
  2. casket

Wiktionary

  1. 木箧、木箱。
  2. 书信。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

缄 jiān
  1. letters
  2. to close
  3. to seal

Containing this entry

三缄其口 sānjiānqíkǒu
  1. (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
  2. tight-lipped
缄 jiān
  1. letters
  2. to close
  3. to seal
缄口不言 jiānkǒubùyán see 闭口不言 bìkǒubùyán
缄默 jiānmò to keep silent

Related entries

包厢 bāoxiāng
  1. box (in a theater or concert hall)
  2. private room (in a restaurant or karaoke)
匣 xiá box
喼 jié
  1. box (dialect)
  2. used to transliterate words with sounds kip-, cap- etc
厢 xiāng
  1. box (in theater)
  2. side room
  3. side
箱 xiāng
  1. box
  2. trunk
  3. chest
奶奶送了我們一箱蘋果。

Grandmother sent us a box of apples.

Source: Tatoeba

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