缥渺

缥 piǎo, piāo light blue silk Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound. Simplified form of 縹.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

渺 miǎo endlessly long

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

眇
眇 Sound component
miǎo, miào blind in one eye

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjiewX[m]ewʔvast (of water)
Zhengzhangmewʔ
Unicodemiɛ̌u

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

縹 light blue silk Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰewʔ
Unicodepiɛ̌u

說文解字

帛青白色也。从糸㶾聲。

Sources

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