缉拿
jī​ná

arrest

缉 jī, qī, qì to sew in close stitches Simplified

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

咠
咠 Sound component
qì to whisper

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

拿 ná take

Originally written as a hand (手) taking an object. Later written as 拏 with the phonetic 奴 component added. Later the 奴 component was corrupted to 合.

Components

奴
奴 Sound component
nú slave

Later corrupted to the visually similar character 合.

手
手 Meaning component
shǒu, shou hand

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

镎

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

緝 to sew in close stitches Traditional

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

咠
咠 Sound component
qì to whisper

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttship[tsʰ][ə]phem (a garment)
Zhengzhangsʰib

說文解字

績也。从糸咠聲。

Sources

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