to unravel or unreel silk

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

thread

Evolution

绎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
绎 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
绎 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
绎 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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to unravel or unreel silk; to interpret, explain; continuous; to interpret; to unravel; to draw silk (old)

Most common words with 绎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

演绎

to play out

络绎不绝

continuously; in an endless stream (idiom)

continuous

络绎

continuous

演绎法

(Logic) deduction