biàn HSK7

braid

Components

Sound component
biàn criminals accusing one another
Meaning component
silk

thread

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

biàn braid Traditional

Components

Sound component
biàn criminals accusing one another
Meaning component
mì, sī silk

thread

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbenXm-pˤe[r]ʔ braid (v., n.) (Shuōwén)

說文解字

《說文》:“辮,交也。从糸,辡聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica