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綜

zōng, zèng

put together, arrange threads for weaving

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

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

宗 sound component

宗  Sound component

zōng

  

ancestor, sect

Evolution

綜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
綜 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
綜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

综 (綜) 

zōng

arrange threads for weaving; to sum up; to put together

综 (綜) 

zèng

heddle (device to form warp in weaving textiles); Taiwan pr. [zòng]

Most common words with 綜
Freq.
Word
Meaning

综合

comprehensive

综合症

syndrome

综合征

syndrome

综

to sum up

综合性

synthesis

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s-t]ˤuŋ-s

tsowngH

zòng

collect (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.6474% of movies

2218th most common character in movies

1425th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Simplified

综

Unicode

U+7D9C

Shuowen

“綜，機縷也。从糸，宗聲。”


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