𰬫
zhì

delicate

Variant of .

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

delicate Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
silk
Sound component
zhì send, deliver

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdiɡs

說文解字

《說文》:“緻,密也。从糸,致聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica