冗繁
rǒng​fán

overelaborate

冗 rǒng excessive

A cover-cloth 冖 on a table 几

Components

冖
冖 Meaning component
mì cover
几
几 Meaning component
jǐ, jī small table

Component uses

Unknown (0 of 1 verified)

悫

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjoŋʔ
Unicodenjiǒng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

繁 fán complicated

Phonosemantic compound. 糸 represents the meaning and 敏 represents the sound.

Components

糸
糸 Meaning component
mì, sī silk
敏
敏 Sound component
mǐn fast

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Spring and Autumn ~600 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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)

蘩

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjon[b]ar abundant, numerous

說文解字

《說文》：“，馬髦飾也。从糸，每聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘可以稱旌乎。’或从。，籀文弁。”

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)