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【析形】形声字。古文字形从糸，晋声。
【释义】《说文》：“帛赤色也。”本义是浅赤色。在古书中，多假借为“搢”，意为插。古代君臣朝见时手里拿着一块狭长板子，说话时用来指指画画或记事，称为“笏”。笏平时则插在绅带之间，称为缙（搢）绅。 插笏于绅带间既是官宦的装束，故又以[缙绅]借指士大夫。
【shape analysis】In ancient character the part糸(sī,silk) is as an ideogram and 晋(jìn) as a phonetic sign.
【original meaning】 Light red. The character usually refers to interposing. Ancient emperors and ministers often took a long narrow board for pointing or recording called 笏(hù) when they gathered together. 笏 is usually interpose between gentry's（绅） belt, that's 缙（搢）绅.
△缙（縉）jìn
13画 糸部
(1) 〈书〉浅红色的帛。
(2) 【缙绅】缙通“搢”，插的意思；“绅”指腰间大带。缙绅原为古代高级官吏的一种装束，后指做官或做过官的人。