缭
liáo

wind round

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 尞 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繚.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

繚 wind round Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Character Evolution

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 Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrewʔ
reːw
reːwʔ

說文解字

纏也。从糸𤋯聲。

Sources

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