rèn

weave

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnrimn<r>[ə]mweave
nyimn[ə]mweave
Zhengzhangnɯm
njɯm
njɯms

說文解字

機縷也。从糸壬聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

rèn weave Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
rén 9th heavenly stem

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode