絮
xù HSK7

waste cotton

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

Components

糸
糸 Meaning component
mì, sī silk
如
如 Sound component
rú be like

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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蕠

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjoHs-na-sraw silk, floss
Zhengzhangrnaːs
nas
snas
nas
Unicodesiù

說文解字

敝緜也。从糸如聲。

Sources

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