What 繒 means
繒 means silk fabric or silk goods.
The earliest attested form described for 繒 is a graph from the Warring States period in Qin script. A small-seal form appears in the Han-dynasty Shuowen, a Chinese character dictionary.
The Liji, a Chinese book about ritual, describes silk buried as a sacrifice. The Shuowen notes silk bearing red writing in a Han dynasty ancestral-temple notice.
繒 or 缯?
繒 is the traditional form; 缯 is its simplified counterpart.
Both forms carry the silk sense. Use the one that matches the surrounding Chinese script.
The left-hand component 糹 points to silk. 曾 is the sound component here; it is not the separate word 曾 meaning “already.”
Who writes 繒
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What it means when someone sends it to you
5 readingsSilk fabric or silk goods.
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2How is 繒 pronounced?
In Mandarin Pinyin, the silk and surname reading is zēng, roughly “tsung” with a high, level tone. The sense “to tie or bind” is zèng, the same rough syllable with a falling tone.
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The selected font may lack this character's glyph. A font that supports the traditional form will display it.
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