绵邈
mián​miǎo

ancient

绵 mián cotton wad Simplified

A continuous thread 纟 of silk 帛

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk
帛
帛 Meaning component
bó silks

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

邈 miǎo, miáo far

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

walk

貌
貌 Sound component
mào appearance

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmæwkmˤrawkdistant
Zhengzhangmraːwɢ
Unicodemak

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

綿 mián cotton wad Traditional

A continuous thread 糹 of silk 帛

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk
帛
帛 Meaning component
bó 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