绮窗
qǐ​chuāng

ornate window

绮 qǐ, yǐ fine thin silk Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound. Simplified form of 綺.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

窗 chuāng window

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 囱 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave

A window is a "hole" in the wall.

囱
囱 SoundMeaning component
cōng chimney

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhaewngs-l̥ˤ<r>oŋ window

說文解字

《說文》：“囱，在牆曰牖，在屋曰囱。象形。窗，或从穴，，古文。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

綺 fine thin silk Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjeX[k]ʰ(r)a[j]ʔpatterned silk
Zhengzhangkʰralʔ
Unicodekyɛ̌

說文解字

文繒也。从糸奇聲。

Sources

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