xù​mián

cotton wadding

xù, chù, nǜ waste cotton

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
mì, sī silk
Sound component
be like

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjoHs-na-sraw silk, floss
Zhengzhangrnaːs
nas
snas
nas
Unicodesiù

說文解字

敝緜也。从糸如聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

mián cotton

Silk  picked off a tree

Components

Meaning component
tree
Meaning component
silks

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmen
Unicodemiɛn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang