絹 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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juàn

kind of thick stiff silk

Components

糹 Meaning component

sī, mì

silk

肙 Sound component

yuàn, yuān

to be satiated

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

juàn

kind of thick stiff silk; thin, tough silk fabric

Most common words with 絹

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	绢	thin, tough silk fabric
	手绢	handkerchief

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[k]ʷen-s	kjwienH	juàn	a kind of silk stuff

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2385th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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