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續

xù

continue

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 𧸇 represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

糹  Meaning component

sī, mì

  

silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

𧸇 sound component

𧸇  Sound component

yù

  

to sell

Evolution

續 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
續 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
續 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
續 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

续 (續) 

xù

continue, carry on; succeed; to continue; to replenish

Most common words with 續
Freq.
Word
Meaning

继续

to continue

持续

to continue

连续

continuous

手续

procedure

延续

to continue

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*sə.lok

zjowk

xù

continue


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 79.8654% of movies

441st most common character in movies

552nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Simplified

续

Unicode

U+7E8C

Shuowen

“續，連也。从糸，賣聲。賡，古文續从庚、貝。”


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