缣
jiān

fine silk

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
sī silk

silk

兼
兼 Sound component
jiān double

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

縑 fine silk Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkeːm

說文解字

幷絲繒也。从糸兼聲。

Sources

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