← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Oct 25, 2020, 03:56 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 25, 2020, 03:56 PM
Changed fields: hint, isVerified, components, customSources, historicalPronunciations
Simplified form of 給. Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 合 represents the sound.
Components
Silk is a precious material.
Change in sound
给 and 合 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations