浣纱
huàn​shā

wash silk

浣 huàn to wash

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 完 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澣.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

完
完 Sound component
wán complete

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwanX[ɢ]ˤo[n]ʔto wash clothes
Zhengzhangɦŋoːnʔ
Unicodehuɑ̌n

Sources

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

纱 shā gauze Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 少 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紗.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

少
少 Sound component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

紗 shā gauze Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

少
少 Sound component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsraːl
Unicodeshra

Sources

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