in English

to stitch finely
to seize / to arrest / Taiwan pr. [qi4]

How it used to be written

These are the forms of 緝, the traditional character: 缉 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

  • 汤姆已经上通缉令三年了。

    Tom has been on the wanted list for three years.

  • 汤姆是通缉犯。

    Tom is a wanted criminal.

  • 这人因谋杀被通缉。

    The man is wanted for murder.

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