繕
shàn

repair

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

善
善 Sound component
shàn good

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
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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyenH[ɡ]e[n]ʔ-s(make good:) repair
Zhengzhangɡjens
Unicodezhiɛ̀n

說文解字

補也。从糸善聲。

Sources

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

缮 shàn repair Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 善 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繕.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
sī silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

善
善 Sound component
shàn good

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode