鸳绮
yuān​qǐ

fine fabrics

鸳 yuān male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 鸟 represents the meaning and 夗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鴛.

Components

鸟
鸟 Meaning component
niǎo bird
夗
夗 Sound component
yuàn, wǎn, wān to turn over when asleep

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绮 qǐ, yǐ fine thin silk Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 奇 represents the sound. Simplified form of 綺.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange

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鴛 male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 鳥 represents the meaning and 夗 represents the sound.

Components

鳥
鳥 Meaning component
niǎo bird
夗
夗 Sound component
yuàn, wǎn, wān to turn over when asleep

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangquːn
qon
Unicodeqiuæn

說文解字

鴛鴦也。从鳥夗聲。

Sources

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

綺 fine thin silk Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

奇
奇 Sound component
qí strange

Character Evolution

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-SagartkhjeX[k]ʰ(r)a[j]ʔpatterned silk
Zhengzhangkʰralʔ
Unicodekyɛ̌

說文解字

文繒也。从糸奇聲。

Sources

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