繒 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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zēng, zèng

silk fabrics

Components

糹 Meaning component

sī, mì

silk

曾 Sound component

céng, zēng

already

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

zēng

silk fabrics; surname

Zēng

surname Zeng

zèng

to tie; to bind

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[dz]əŋ	dzing	zēng	silk

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5719th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	18
Simplified	缯
Unicode	U+7E52
Shuowen	“繒，帛也。从糸，曾聲。，籀文繒，从宰省。揚雄以為漢律祠宗廟丹書告。”

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