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The character "缄" derives from its traditional form "緘", structured with the silk radical "糸" and the phonetic component "咸", initially conveying the concrete action of tying or sealing items such as letters with silk threads. Its meaning gradually extended from physical closure to abstract notions of confidentiality and silence, as in the term "缄默", while the simplification to "缄" altered the radical to "纟" but retained the phonetic element and the essential concept of sealing.
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他始终保持缄默。
请缄口不谈此事。
她缄默地离开了房间。
在会议上，他选择了缄默。
对于敏感问题，最好保持缄默。
他缄口不言，以免说错话。
在法庭上，证人有权保持缄默。
尽管被多次质问，他依然缄默不语。