缕
lǚ HSK7

thread

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 娄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 縷.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
sī silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

娄
娄 Sound component
lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

縷 lǚ thread Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

婁
婁 Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljuX[r]oʔthread
Zhengzhangroʔ
Unicodeliǒ

說文解字

綫也。从糸婁聲。

Sources

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