líng

thin silk

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

silk

夌 sound component

  Sound component

líng

  

to dawdle

Evolution

绫 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
绫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
绫 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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líng

thin silk, damask silk; damask; thin silk