绥
suí

soothe

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

silk

妥
妥 Sound component
tuǒ satisfactory

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

綏 soothe Traditional

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

silk

妥
妥 Sound component
tuǒ satisfactory

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartswijs.nujcomfort (v.)
Zhengzhangsnul

說文解字

車中把也。从糸从妥。

Sources

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