丝滑 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

sīhuá

silky

sī silk, threads Simplified

Simplified form of 絲. Duplication of 纟 (silk).

Components

纟 Iconic component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

纟 Iconic component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Iconic (1)

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

huá, hua slip, slide

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 骨 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

骨 Sound component

gǔ, gú bone

Change in sound

滑 and 骨 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
滑 *Nə-gˤrut
骨 *kˤut

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hweat	Nə-gˤrut	slippery

說文解字

《說文》：“滑，利也。从水，骨聲。”

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)

sī silk, threads Traditional

Duplication of 糸 (silk).

Components

糹 Iconic component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

糸 Iconic component

mì, sī silk

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	si	[s]ə	silk

說文解字

《說文》：“絲，蠶所吐也。从二糸。”

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)