zhuì HSK7

patch together

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as , which depicted a person with their hands and feet tied up.

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

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

Depicts a person () with their hands and feet tied up.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

zhui patch together Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as , which depicted a person with their hands and feet tied up.

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

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

Depicts a person () with their hands and feet tied up.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrjwettrot stitch

說文解字

《說文》:“綴,合箸也。从叕,从糸。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica