embroidered banner

A silk  banner over a door 

Components

Meaning component
hù, hu door
Meaning component
tap
Meaning component
mì, sī silk

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰeːʔ

說文解字

㨖繒也。一曰幑幟,信也,有齒。从糸𢼄聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica