xiù​gū

armband

xiù sleeve

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
clothes

is a component form of .

Sound component
yóu cause

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjuwHsə.[l]u-ssleeve
Zhengzhangljɯwɢs
Unicodeziòu

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

hoop

Bamboo ⺮ bindings also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo
SoundMeaning component
liè (same as U+64F8 擸) to hold

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang