纠缠
jiū​chán HSK7

pester

纠 jiū gather together Simplified

Simplified form of 糾. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 丩 represents the sound. Originally written as 丩, a pictograph of two ropes entangled together.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

丩
丩 SoundMeaning component
jiū join

Sources

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

缠 chán wrap Simplified

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

㢆
㢆 Sound component
chán (same as 廛) living space for one family in ancient times

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

糾 jiū gather together Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 丩 represents the sound. Originally written as 丩, a pictograph of two ropes entangled together.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

丩
丩 SoundMeaning component
jiū join

Character Evolution

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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjiwXk<r>iwʔ plait, unite

說文解字

《說文》：“糾，繩三合也。从糸、丩。”

Sources

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

纏 chán wrap Traditional

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

thread

廛
廛 Sound component
chán a store

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
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjen[d]ra[n]bind, wind
Zhengzhangdan
dans
Unicodedhjiɛn

說文解字

繞也。从糸廛聲。

Sources

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