薄绸
báo​chóu

light silk

薄 báo, bó thin, slight

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

溥
溥 Sound component
pǔ, fū, bù vast, extensive

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

礴

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbak[b]ˤak thin

說文解字

《說文》：“薄，林薄也。一曰蠶薄。从艸，溥聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

绸 chóu silk cloth Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 周 represents the sound. Simplified form of 綢.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

綢 chóu silk cloth Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

周
周 Sound component
zhōu cycle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjuw[d]riwbind round
Zhengzhangtʰuːw
dɯw
Unicodedjhiou

說文解字

繆也。从糸周聲。

Sources

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