縴 qiàn tow line Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents A thread 糹 used to pull 牽 boats; 牽 also provides the pronunciation Components 糹 糹 Meaning component mì silk 牽 牽 SoundMeaning component qiān drag Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkʰiːn Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 𰬮 qiàn, qiān tow line Simplified No origin information available for this character yet. Sources Readings & variants Unicode 纤 xiān fine Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 千 represents the sound. Simplified form of 纖. Components 纟 纟 Meaning component sī silk 纟 is a component form of 糸. 千 千 Sound component qiān thousand Sources Readings & variants Unicode
