Chinese Character Wiki

絺

chī

fine linen

Evolution

絺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
絺 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
絺 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
絺 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
絺 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

𫄨 (絺) 

chī

fine linen; fine hemp fiber; fine fibers of hemp; linen

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʰrəj (dialect: *qʰr- > *r̥- > trh-)

trhij

chī

fine cloth


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Simplified

𫄨

Unicode

U+7D7A

Shuowen

“絺，細葛也。从糸，希聲。”


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