綹
liǔ

skein

A wrinkle 咎 in a silk 糹 garment; 糹 also provides the pronunciation

Components

糹
糹 SoundMeaning component
mì silk
咎
咎 Meaning component
jiù, gāo fault

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·rɯwʔ

說文解字

緯十縷爲綹。从糸咎聲。讀若柳。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

绺 liǔ skein Simplified

A wrinkle 咎 in a silk 纟 garment; 纟 also provides the pronunciation

Components

纟
纟 SoundMeaning component
mì silk
咎
咎 Meaning component
jiù, gāo fault

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode