噤

噤 U+5664, 噤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5664 ← 噣 [U+5663] CJK Unified Ideographs 噥 → [U+5665]

Translingual

Han character

噤 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+13, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 口木木火 (RDDF), four-corner 6409₁, composition ⿰口禁)

1. close
2. be silent, be unable to speak

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 209, character 30
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 4364
• Dae Jaweon: page 432, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 688, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5664

Chinese

trad.		噤
simp. #		噤
alternative forms		吟 含 Hokkien 𠾤 erroneous

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (林) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
婪	*ɡ·ruːm
惏	*ɡ·ruːm
啉	*ɡ·ruːm
漤	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
醂	*ɡ·ruːmʔ
林	*ɡ·rɯm
琳	*ɡ·rɯm
淋	*ɡ·rɯm, *ɡ·rɯms
痳	*ɡ·rɯm
箖	*ɡ·rɯm
霖	*ɡ·rɯm
菻	*ɡ·rɯmʔ, *ɡ·rɯms
罧	*slɯmʔ, *srɯms
棽	*r̥ʰɯm, *srɯm
綝	*r̥ʰɯm
郴	*r̥ʰɯm
禁	*krɯm, *krɯms
襟	*krɯm
僸	*krɯms, *ŋɡrɯmʔ
澿	*ɡrɯm
噤	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
凚	*ɡrɯmʔ, *ɡrɯms
齽	*ɡrɯms

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìn (jin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam³ / kam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hīm / hām / kìm

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìn
    • Wade–Giles: chin⁴
    • Yale: jìn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinn
    • Palladius: цзинь (czinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gam³ / kam¹
    • Yale: gam / kām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam³ / kam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem³ / kem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³³/, /kʰɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hīm
    • Tâi-lô: hīm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: him
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /him²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /him³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hām
    • Tâi-lô: hām
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ham
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ham²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ham³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kìm
    • Tâi-lô: kìm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kixm
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kim²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kim¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: gimX, gimH

Rime
Character	噤	噤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠飲切	巨禁切
Baxter	gimX	gimH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiɪmX/	/ɡˠiɪmH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡᵚimX/	/ɡᵚimH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiemX/	/ɡiemH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gjimX/	/gjimH/
Li Rong	/ɡjəmX/	/ɡjəmH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭĕmX/	/ɡĭĕmH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi̯əmX/	/gi̯əmH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jìn	jìn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam6	gam6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡrɯmʔ/, /*ɡrɯms/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	噤	噤
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	8185	8187
Phonetic component	林	林
Rime group	侵	侵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	噤	𦧈
Old Chinese	/*ɡrɯmʔ/	/*ɡrɯms/

Definitions

噤

1. to close one's mouth and be silent; to be unable to speak
2. to shiver, to tremble

Compounds

• 冷噤
• 口噤
• 噤住
• 噤口 (jìnkǒu)
• 噤口痢
• 噤吟
• 噤害
• 噤戰 / 噤战
• 噤聲 / 噤声 (jìnshēng)
• 噤若寒蟬 / 噤若寒蝉 (jìnruòhánchán)
• 噤齘 / 噤𬹼
• 寒噤 (hánjìn)
• 打噤
• 打寒噤
• 鉗噤 / 钳噤

Japanese

Kanji

噤

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. shut up

Readings

• Go-on: ごん (gon)
• Kan-on: きん (kin)
• Kun: つぐむ (tsugumu, 噤む)

Korean

Hanja

噤 • (geum) (hangeul 금, revised geum, McCune–Reischauer kŭm)

1. close
2. be silent, be unable speak

Vietnamese

Han character

噤: Hán Việt readings: cấm
噤: Nôm readings: gặm, cúm, ngậm, ngẫm, câm, gẫm, cụm, gắm, ngẩm

1. chữ Nôm form of câm
   1. mute (not having the power of speech)
   2. (chiefly offensive) to shut up; to keep one's mouth shut
2. chữ Nôm form of cụm (“cluster, bunch”)
3. chữ Nôm form of gặm (“to gnaw, to nibble”)
4. chữ Nôm form of ngẫm (“to ponder, to muse, to meditate”)
5. chữ Nôm form of ngậm (“to hold inside one's mouth”)