fǎng

spin

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

方 sound component

  Sound component

fāng

  

square

Evolution

纺 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
纺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
纺 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
纺 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
纺 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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fǎng

spin, reel, weave; reeled pongee; to spin (cotton or hemp etc); fine woven silk fabric

Most common words with 纺
Freq.
Word
Meaning

纺织

spinning and weaving

纺织品

textile

fine woven silk fabric

纺织厂

textile factory

混纺

mixed fabric

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2409th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

Unicode

U+7EBA


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