绳
shéng HSK7

rope

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 黾 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繩.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
sī silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

黾
黾 Sound component
miǎn, měng, mǐn toad

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

繩 shéng, sheng rope Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

黽
黽 Sound component
toad, frog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzyingCə-m.rəŋstring, cord
Zhengzhangɦbljɯŋ
Unicodejhiəng

說文解字

索也。从糸，蠅省聲。

Sources

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