zhòu, chào, cù crepe Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
chú, zōu mow, cut grass

說文解字

𪀐绉也。从鳥皀聲。

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zhě, xí, dié pleat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
clothes

is a component form of .

Sound component
to practice

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔljob
l'ɯːb
ljub
ɦljub

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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crepe Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrjuwH[ts]ˤro-swrinkles
Zhengzhangsʰroːs
ʔsrus

說文解字

絺之細也。《詩》曰:“蒙彼縐絺。”一曰蹴也。从糸芻聲。

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