sī​tāo

silk braid

silk, threads Simplified

Simplified form of . Duplication of (silk).

Components

Iconic component
silk

is a component form of .

Iconic component
silk

is a component form of .

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Iconic (1)

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

tāo, dí silk braid Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
tiáo clause

Sources

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

silk, threads Traditional

Duplication of (silk).

Components

Iconic component
silk

is a component form of .

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

Component uses

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsi[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

silk braid Traditional

Components

Sound component
yōu distant
Meaning component
mì, sī silk

silk

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰɯːw
Unicodetɑu

說文解字

《說文》:“絛,扁緒也。从糸,攸聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica