糸 (U+7CF8)
糸¹
{絲} *sə “thread” & {幺} *ʔˤiw “tiny” & {絃} *qʰʷˤins “rope”
Depiction of a bundle of threads (without the upper knot). Initially it was used for words {絲}, {幺} and {絃}. Later it began to be used only for {絲}.
- 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (887)
- 李守奎 & 肖攀 2015 - 清華簡《系年》文字考釋與構形研究・幺、玄、糸、𢆶、絲等相關字考
Forms:
纟 - Shortening based on the cursive form in the left part of compound glyphs. Modern simplified form in China.
糸²
*{糸} *mˤek “silk thread”
Shortening of 絲. Created for Shuowen Jiezi to differentiate 糸 from 絲.
- 田煒 2016 - 西周金文字詞關係研究 (35-43)
糸³
Shortening of 絲. Modern simplified form in Japan.
- Bökset R. 2021 - Long Story of Short Forms: Simplified Chinese Characters from A to Z (278)