Chinese Character Wiki

紡

fǎng

spin

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

方 sound component

方  Sound component

fāng

  

square

Evolution

紡 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
紡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
紡 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

纺 (紡) 

fǎng

spin, reel, weave; reeled pongee; to spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric

Most common words with 紡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

纺织

spinning and weaving

纺织品

textile

纺

fine woven silk fabric

纺织厂

textile factory

混纺

mixed fabric

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*pʰaŋʔ

phjangX

fǎng

twist, spin


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2409th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

纺

Unicode

U+7D21

Shuowen

“紡，網絲也。从糸，方聲。”


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