纺纱
fǎng​shā

spin

纺 fǎng spin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紡.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square

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纱 shā gauze Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紗.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

少
少 Sound component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Sources

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紡 fǎng spin Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

方
方 Sound component
fāng, fang square

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphjangXpʰaŋʔtwist, spin
Zhengzhangpʰaŋʔ

說文解字

網絲也。从糸方聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

紗 shā gauze Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

少
少 Sound component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsraːl
Unicodeshra

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica