缫 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

sāo

draw

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

thread

巢 Sound component

cháo nest

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

繅 draw Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	ʔslaːwʔ
	slaːw

說文解字

繹繭爲絲也。从糸巢聲。

Sources

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