rèn

thread needle

To thread  a needle  also provides the pronunciation

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

刃 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

rèn

  

knife edge

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
紉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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rèn

thread needle, sew stitch, string; to string; to thread (needle)

Most common words with 紉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

缝纫

to sew

缝纫机

sewing machine

to string

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4173rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

Unicode

U+7D09

Shuowen

“紉,繟繩也。从糸,刃聲。”


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