缄 (緘) jiān

  1. jiān noun letter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '緘'; Guoyu '緘' n 2; Kroll 2015 '緘' 4, p. 195; Unihan '緘')
  2. jiān noun to close; to seal
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '緘'; Guoyu '緘' v 2; Kroll 2015 '緘' 3, p. 195; Mathews 1931 '緘', p. 113; Unihan '緘')
  3. jiān noun a strap
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '緘' n 1; Kroll 2015 '緘' 1, p. 195)
  4. jiān verb keep the mouth closed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '緘' 3a, p. 195)
  5. jiān verb to store
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '緘' 5, p. 195)
  6. jiān noun to bind
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '緘' v 1; Kroll 2015 '緘' 2, p. 195; Mathews 1931 '緘', p. 113; Unihan '緘')

Also contained in

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Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 22 Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳 — count: 15 , has English translation
  • Scroll 9 Shen Seng Chuan 神僧傳 — count: 14
  • Scroll 1 Saḍakṣaravidyāmantrasūtra (Fo Shuo Liu Zi Shen Zhou Wang Jing) 佛說六字神呪王經 — count: 6
  • Scroll 1 Saḍakṣaravidyāmantrasūtra (Liu Zi Shen Zhou Wang Jing) 六字神呪王經 — count: 6
  • Scroll 65 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 6
  • Scroll 1 Saḍakṣaravidyāmantrasūtra (Fo Shuo Liu Zi Zhou Wang Jing) 佛說六字呪王經 — count: 6
  • Scroll 15 Zhen Yuan Era Catalog of Newly Authorized Buddhist Teachings (Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu) 貞元新定釋教目錄 — count: 5
  • Scroll 52 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 4
  • Scroll 1 Dai Zong Chao Zeng Sikong Da Bian Zheng Guang Zhi San Zang He Shang Biao Zhi Ji 代宗朝贈司空大辨正廣智三藏和上表制集 — count: 4
  • Scroll 77 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3

Collocations

  • 缄夀 (緘夀) 緘壽緘壽 — Saḍakṣaravidyāmantrasūtra (Fo Shuo Liu Zi Zhou Wang Jing) 佛說六字呪王經, Scroll 1 — count: 18
  • 缄曰 (緘曰) 緘曰得非王處厚乎 — Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳, Scroll 22 — count: 11
  • 缄言 (緘言) 若便緘言 — Shuo Wugou Cheng Jing Shu 說無垢稱經疏, Scroll 3 — count: 8
  • 开缄 (開緘) 乃開緘縢而共相授 — Bi Nai Ye 鼻奈耶, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 僧缄 (僧緘) 僧緘而閟之 — A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀, Scroll 7 — count: 4
  • 封缄 (封緘) 而封緘之 — Saṃyuktāgama 雜阿含經, Scroll 25 — count: 4
  • 塔缄 (塔緘) 拾舍利建塔緘焉 — Song Biographies of Eminent Monks 宋高僧傳, Scroll 7 — count: 4
  • 缄脣 (緘脣) 緘脣切齒 — Dafangbian Fo Bao'en Jing 大方便佛報恩經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
  • 缄授 (緘授) 當二威之際緘授而已 — Xiu Xi Zhi Guan Zuochan Fa Yao 修習止觀坐禪法要, Scroll 1 — count: 4
  • 缄藏 (緘藏) 用顯緘藏而已哉 — Fo Shuo Zao Ta Gongde Jing 佛說造塔功德經, Scroll 1 — count: 4