懂中文 Dong Chinese

噤

jìn

close

Forbidden 禁 to speak 口; 禁 also provides the pronunciation

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

禁 sound,meaning component

禁  Sound Meaning component

jìn, jīn

  

prohibit, forbid

Evolution

噤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
噤 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

噤  

jìn

close; be silent, be unable speak; unable to speak; silent

Most common words with 噤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

噤若寒蝉

to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

寒噤

a shiver

噤

silent