懂中文 Dong Chinese

绌

chù

sew

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 出 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絀.

Components
纟 meaning component

纟  Meaning component

mì, sī

  

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

出 sound component

出  Sound component

chū

  

go out

Evolution

绌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
绌 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
绌 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

绌 (絀) 

chù

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

Most common words with 绌
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)