缎

緞
duàn
#3,102 most
frequent character
satin

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

缎 pairs 纟, silk, as its meaning part with 段 duàn for sound. It first meant 'leather on a shoe heel,' then the meaning 'satin' was borrowed only for the sound, not from the shape.

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Homophones

HSK 3
段duàn
paragraph, section, segment
HSK 4
断duàn
to break, to snap, to cut off

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