𢇁
guān

run threads through a web

Variant of 𢇇. Depicts two twisted threads of silk. Similar to 𢆶.

Components

Iconic component
silk

is a component form of .

Iconic component
silk

is a component form of .


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》:“絲,蠶所吐也。从二糸。”

Sources

Character origin
Chinese Text Project
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica