qiāosāo

to reel silk from cocoons

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

to reel silk from cocoons Traditional

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsawXmə-tsˤawʔbleach; wash
Zhengzhangʔsaːwʔ
saːw
sʰaw

說文解字

帛如紺色。或曰:深繒。从糸喿聲。讀若喿。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica