花缎
huā​duàn

brocade

花 huā, hua flower

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化
化 Sound component
huà change

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwaeqʷʰˤra flower (n.)

Sources

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

缎 duàn satin Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 段 represents the sound. Simplified form of 緞.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

段
段 Sound component
duàn section

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

緞 duàn satin Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

段
段 Sound component
duàn section

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdoːnʔ
doːns

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica