纜
lǎn

cable

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

覽
覽 Sound component
lǎn look at

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːms
Unicodelɑ̀m

Sources

Character origin
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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

缆 lǎn hawser Simplified

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
sī silk

thread

览
览 Sound component
lǎn look at

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode