细
xì HSK4

thin, fine

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approved by Peter Olson · Nov 10, 2021, 10:53 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Nov 10, 2021, 10:53 PM

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Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 囟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 細.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component

纟 is a component form of 糸.

囟
囟 Sound component

Modern form looks like 田.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 囟 than it was in ancient scripts.

說文解字

耕也。从土豤聲。

Sources

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