mián​chuò

critically ill

mián cotton wad Simplified

A continuous thread  of silk 

Components

Meaning component
silk
Meaning component
silks

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

chuò, chuì sad

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

Sound component
zhuó, yǐ, lì to connect, to join together

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtod

說文解字

憂也。从心叕聲。《詩》曰:“憂心惙惙。”一曰意不定也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

綿 mián cotton wad Traditional

A continuous thread  of silk 

Components

Meaning component
silk
Meaning component
silks

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmen
Unicodemiɛn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica