zhòu

crepe

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
chú, zōu mow, cut grass

說文解字

𪀐绉也。从鳥皀聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

crepe Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrjuwH[ts]ˤro-swrinkles
Zhengzhangsʰroːs
ʔsrus

說文解字

絺之細也。《詩》曰:“蒙彼縐絺。”一曰蹴也。从糸芻聲。

Sources

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