繅
sāo

draw

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔslaːwʔ
slaːw

說文解字

繹繭爲絲也。从糸巢聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

缫 sāo, zǎo draw Simplified

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

巢
巢 Sound component
cháo nest

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode