Dong Chinese dictionary

shàn

repair

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 善 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繕.

Components

纟 Meaning component

mì, sī

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

善 Sound component

shàn

good

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

shàn

repair, mend; rewrite, transcribe; to repair; to mend; to rewrite; to transcribe

Most common words with 缮

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