轧棉
yà​mián

gin cotton

轧 yà crush by weight Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 乚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 軋.

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
乚
乚 Sound component
yǐn, yà turning stroke

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

棉 mián cotton

Silk 帛 picked off a tree 木

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
帛
帛 Meaning component
bó silks

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmen
Unicodemiɛn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

軋 yà crush by weight Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 乚 represents the sound.

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
乚
乚 Sound component
yǐn, yà turning stroke

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔɛtqˤrətcrush
Zhengzhangqriːd

說文解字

𨋚也。从車乙聲。

Sources

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