懂中文 Dong Chinese

絀

chù

sew

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

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

出 sound component

出  Sound component

chū

  

go out

Evolution

絀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
絀 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
絀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

绌 (絀) 

chù

sew, stitch; insufficient; crimson silk; deficiency; to stitch

Most common words with 絀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

相形见绌

to pale by comparison (idiom)

绌

crimson silk

左支右绌

to be in straitened circumstances

心余力绌

the will is there, but not the strength (idiom)