懂中文 Dong Chinese

缀

zhuì, chuò

patch together

Simplified form of 綴. Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 叕 represents the sound. Originally written as 叕, which depicted a person with their hands and feet tied up.

Components
纟 meaning component

纟  Meaning component

mì, sī

  

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

叕 sound,iconic component

叕  Sound Iconic component

zhuó

  

to connect, to join together

Depicts a person (大) with their hands and feet tied up.

Evolution

缀 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Traditional script

Modern
缀 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

缀 (綴) 

zhuì

patch together, link, connect; to sew; to stitch together; to combine; to link; to connect; to put words together; to compose; to embellish

缀 (綴) 

chuò

variant of 輟|辍[chuò]

Most common words with 缀
Freq.
Word
Meaning

点缀

to decorate

缀

to sew

后缀

suffix (linguistics)

前缀

prefix (linguistics)

连缀

linking