continue

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𧸇 represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

𧸇 sound,simplified component

𧸇  Sound Simplified component

  

to sell

Evolution

续 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
续 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
续 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

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

Most common words with 续
Freq.
Word
Meaning

继续

to continue

持续

to continue

连续

continuous

手续

procedure

延续

to 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

11

Traditional

Unicode

U+7EED


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