绶
shòu

silk ribbon attached as a seal

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 受 represents the sound. Simplified form of 綬.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

受
受 Sound component
shòu receive

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

綬 silk ribbon attached as a seal Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

受
受 Sound component
shòu receive

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdjuʔ
djus
Unicodezhiǒu

說文解字

韍維也。从糸受聲。

Sources

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