投缳
tóu​huán

hang oneself

投 tóu throw

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 殳 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

殳
殳 Sound component
shū weapon or tool
Change in sound

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartduw[d]ˤo throw

說文解字

《說文》：“投，擿也。从手，从殳。”

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)

缳 huán noose Simplified

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

睘
睘 Sound component
qióng round

說文解字

落也。从糸瞏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

繯 noose Traditional

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

睘
睘 Sound component
qióng round

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷraːns
ɡʷeːnʔ

Sources

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