缉
jīqī HSK7

to sew in close stitches

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

咠
咠 Sound component
qì to whisper

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

緝 to sew in close stitches Traditional

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

咠
咠 Sound component
qì to whisper

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttship[tsʰ][ə]phem (a garment)
Zhengzhangsʰib

說文解字

績也。从糸咠聲。

Sources

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