缴
jiǎo HSK7

deliver

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 敫 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繳.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

敫
敫 Sound component
jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

繳 jiǎo deliver Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 敫 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

敫
敫 Sound component
jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyak[t]ewk string attached to arrow

說文解字

《說文》：“，生絲縷也。从糸，敫聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)