绢
juàn

kind of thick stiff silk

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

silk

肙
肙 Sound component
yuàn, yuān to be satiated

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

絹 juàn kind of thick stiff silk Traditional

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

silk

肙
肙 Sound component
yuàn, yuān to be satiated

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjwienH[k]ʷen-sa kind of silk stuff
Zhengzhangkʷens
Unicodegiuɛ̀n

說文解字

繒如麥䅌。从糸肙聲。

Sources

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