缦
màn

plain silk

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

silk

曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

縵 plain silk Traditional

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

silk

曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmroːns
moːns

說文解字

繒無文也。从糸曼聲。《漢律》曰：“賜衣者縵表白裏。”

Sources

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