shàn

repair

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

善 sound component

  Sound component

shàn

  

good

Evolution

繕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
繕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
繕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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shàn

repair, mend; rewrite, transcribe; to repair; to mend; to rewrite; to transcribe

Most common words with 繕
Freq.
Word
Meaning

修缮

to renovate

to repair

缮写

to copy