绔
kù

trousers

Extravagant 夸 silk 纟 clothes; 夸 also provides the pronunciation

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk
夸
夸 SoundMeaning component
kuā exaggerate

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

絝 trousers Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰʷaːs

說文解字

脛衣也。从糸夸聲。

Sources

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