zhuì​shì

decorate

zhui patch together Simplified

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

shì decorate Simplified

Components

𬲦
𬲦 Sound component
to feed
Meaning component
jīn cloth

cloth

Sources

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

shì decorate Traditional

Components

Sound component
to feed
Meaning component
jīn cloth

cloth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyikl̥ək adorn

說文解字

《說文》:“飾,也。从巾、从人,食聲。一曰襐飾。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica