zǎoqiāosāo

to reel silk from cocoons

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

thread

喿 sound component

  Sound component

zàosào

  

chirping of birds

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
缲 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
缲 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zǎo

to reel silk from cocoons

() 

sāo

to reel thread