fǎng
spin
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 方 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 紡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
spinning and weaving | ||
textile | ||
fine woven silk fabric | ||
textile factory | ||
mixed fabric |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*pʰaŋʔ | phjangX | fǎng | twist, spin |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
2409th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7D21 |
Shuowen | “紡,網絲也。从糸,方聲。” |
Sources
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