to sew in close stitches

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

thread

咠 sound component

  Sound component

  

to whisper

Evolution

緝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
緝 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
緝 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
緝 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

to sew in close stitches; to seize; to arrest; Taiwan pr. [qì]

() 

to stitch finely

Most common words with 緝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

通缉

to list as wanted

缉毒

drug enforcement

通缉犯

wanted criminal

to seize

缉拿

to arrest