zēngZēngzèng

silk fabrics

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
céng already

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzing[dz]əŋsilk
Zhengzhangʔsɯːŋ
zɯŋ

說文解字

帛也。从糸曾聲。

Sources

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

zēng, zèng, céng silk fabrics Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
céng already

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode