延绵 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

yán delay

Original meaning: walk

Phonosemantic compound. 廴 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound.

Components

zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Change in sound

延 and 正 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
延 yen
正 tsyeng

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 正 than it was in ancient scripts.

廴 Meaning component

yǐn, yìn walk

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	yen	la[n]	extend

說文解字

《說文》：“延，長行也。从，丿聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 季旭昇《說文新證》p.135
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

mián cotton wad Simplified

A continuous thread 纟 of silk 帛

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纟 Meaning component

mì silk

帛 Meaning component

bó silks

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Readings & variants: Unicode

mián cotton wad Traditional

A continuous thread 糹 of silk 帛

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

帛 Meaning component

bó silks

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		men
Unicode	miɛn

Sources

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

延 yán delay

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Character Evolution

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Sound (4 of 6 verified)

Remnant (1)

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

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說文解字

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绵 mián cotton wad Simplified

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綿 mián cotton wad Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

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yán delay

mián cotton wad Simplified

mián cotton wad Traditional