花絮 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

huāxù

tidbits

huā, hua flower

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化 Sound component

huà change

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xwae	qʷʰˤra	flower (n.)

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

xù, chù, nǜ waste cotton

Phonosemantic compound. 糸 represents the meaning and 如 represents the sound.

Components

糸 Meaning component

mì, sī silk

如 Sound component

rú be like

Character Evolution

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

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sjoH	s-na-s	raw silk, floss
Zhengzhang		rnaːs
		nas
		snas
		nas
Unicode	siù

說文解字

敝緜也。从糸如聲。

Sources

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