紹
shàoShào

continue

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjewʔ
Unicodezhiɛ̌u

說文解字

《說文》：“紹，繼也。从糸，召聲。一曰紹緊糾也。綤，古文紹从邵。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

绍 shào continue Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 召 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紹.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode