绸缎
chóu​duàn

silk fabric

绸 chóu silk cloth Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound. Simplified form of 綢.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Sources

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Unicode

缎 duàn satin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 段 represents the sound. Simplified form of 緞.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

段
段 Sound component
duàn section

Sources

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Unicode

綢 chóu silk cloth Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjuw[d]riwbind round
Zhengzhangtʰuːw
dɯw
Unicodedjhiou

說文解字

繆也。从糸周聲。

Sources

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

緞 duàn satin Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

段
段 Sound component
duàn section

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdoːnʔ
doːns

Sources

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