縉
jìn

red silk

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

silk

晋
晋 Sound component
jìn advance

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsins

說文解字

帛赤色也。《春秋傳》“縉雲氏”,《禮》有“縉緣”。从糸晉聲。

Sources

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

缙 jìn red silk Simplified

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
sī silk

silk

晋
晋 Sound component
jìn advance

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode