kuàng

cotton

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhwangHkʷʰˤaŋ-sfine floss silk; quilted
Zhengzhangkʰʷaːŋs
Unicodekuɑ̀ng

說文解字

絮也。从糸廣聲。《春秋傳》曰:“皆如挾纊。”

Sources

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

kuàng cotton Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

广
广 Sound component
guǎng roof

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode