缱绻 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qiǎnquǎn

deeply attached

qiǎn attached to Simplified

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

thread

遣 Sound component

qiǎn send

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

quǎn affectionate Simplified

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

thread

卷 Sound component

juǎn, juàn curl, roll

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

attached to Traditional

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

thread

遣 Sound component

qiǎn send

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kʰenʔ
	kʰens

說文解字

繾綣，不相離也。从糸遣聲。

Sources

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

affectionate Traditional

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

thread

卷 Sound component

juǎn, juàn curl, roll

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kʰonʔ
	kʰons

說文解字

繾綣也。从糸卷聲。

Sources

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