续弦 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

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Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 𧸇 represents the sound. Simplified form of 續.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

𧸇 Sound Simplified component

yù to sell

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𧸇 than it was in ancient scripts.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

xián string

Components

弓 Meaning component

gōng bow

bow

玄 Sound component

xuán, xuàn black

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hen	[ɢ]ˤi[n]	string of bow or instrument
Zhengzhang		ɡeːn
Unicode	hen

說文解字

弓弦也。从弓，象絲軫之形。凡弦之屬皆从弦。

Sources

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

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Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 𧸇 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Meaning component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

𧸇 Sound component

yù to sell

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𧸇 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	zjowk	sə.lok	continue

說文解字

《說文》：“續，連也。从糸，賣聲。賡，古文續从庚、貝。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

续 xù continue Simplified

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弦 xián string

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Character Evolution

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說文解字

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續 xù continue Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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xù continue Simplified

xián string

xù continue Traditional