絞

See also: 绞

絞 U+7D5E, 絞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D5E ← 絝 [U+7D5D] CJK Unified Ideographs 絟 → [U+7D5F]

Translingual

Han character

絞 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, Cangjie input 女火卜金大 (VFYCK), four-corner 2094₈, composition ⿰糹交)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 922, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27421
• Dae Jaweon: page 1357, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3397, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7D5E

Chinese

trad.		絞
simp.		绞

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (交) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
烄	*keːws, *kreːwʔ
礮	*pʰreːws
交	*kreːw
郊	*kreːw
茭	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
蛟	*kreːw
鮫	*kreːw
鵁	*kreːw
咬	*kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw
鉸	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws
佼	*kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ
詨	*kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws
絞	*kreːwʔ
狡	*kreːwʔ
姣	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
筊	*kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw
校	*kreːws, *ɡreːws
珓	*kreːws
跤	*kʰreːw
頝	*kʰreːw
骹	*kʰraːw
齩	*ŋɡreːwʔ
洨	*ɡreːw
胶	*ɡreːw
效	*ɡreːws
効	*ɡreːws
傚	*ɡreːws
皎	*keːwʔ
恔	*keːwʔ
晈	*keːwʔ
窔	*qeːws
駮	*pqreːwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːwʔ): semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 交 (OC *kreːw). Shuowen interprets it as an ideogrammic compound.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): jiào

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gaau²

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): gaau²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gau²

• Gan (Wiktionary): gau³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): káu

  (Hailu, HRS): gau / gau^ˊ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gau³

• Jin (Wiktionary): jiau²
• Northern Min (KCR): gǎu
• Eastern Min (BUC): gā
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gao³ / gor³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): káu / ká

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ga²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵kau / ³kau / ⁴gau / ⁵ciau / ³ciau
  • (Jinhua): ³kau; ³ciau
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jiau³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³
    • Yale: jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: jiào
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiau⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gaau²
    • Yale: gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: gaau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gau²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: gau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: káu
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gau³
    • Sinological IPA: /kau̯³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gau / gau^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /kau⁵⁵/, /kau²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gau³
    • Sinological IPA: /kau³¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jiau²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiau⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gǎu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gao³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gâu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gao³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kau³³²/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gor³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒ³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu
    • Tâi-lô: káu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kao
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká
    • Tâi-lô: ká
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kar
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ka⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴/

Note:

• káu - literary;
• ká - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ga²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ká
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ka⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵kau
    • MiniDict: kau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²kau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kɔ³⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Fuyang, Shaoxing, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ³kau
    • MiniDict: kau^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /kɔ³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /kɔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /kɔ⁴²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /kæ⁵¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /kaɯ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /kɔ⁴³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /kɔ⁴²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /kɒ³³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /kɔ³²⁵/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Chongming, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁴gau
    • MiniDict: gau^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /ɡɔ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɡɔ²⁴²/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ɡɒ¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɡɔ¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /ɡɔ²⁴/
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵ciau
    • MiniDict: ciau^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²jiau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɔ³⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Fuyang, Shaoxing, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ³ciau
    • MiniDict: ciau^上
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡ɕiɔ³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /ciɔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕiɔ⁴²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡ɕiæ⁵¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡ɕiaɯ⁴⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡ɕiɔ⁴³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕiɔ⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Fuyang): /t͡ɕiɔ⁴²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡ɕiɒ³³⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕiɔ³²⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡ɕiɔ³⁵/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ³kau; ³ciau
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /kɑu⁵³⁵/, /t͡ɕiɑu⁵³⁵/

Note:

• kau/gau - vernacular;
• ciau - literary.

• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jiau³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɒu̯⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kaewX

Rime
Character	絞
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	肴 (90)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	古巧切
Baxter	kaewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠauX/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚauX/
Shao Rongfen	/kauX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kaɨwX/
Li Rong	/kauX/
Wang Li	/kauX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kauX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gaau2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*k-rˤ[i]wʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	絞
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ kæwX ›
Old Chinese	/*k-rˁ[i]wʔ/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > *kˁr-)
English	twist; strangle
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絞
Reading #	1/1
No.	6306
Phonetic component	交
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	絞
Old Chinese	/*kreːwʔ/

Definitions

絞

1. to twist; to wring
2. to wind; to intertwine; to grind
3. Classifier for skeins of wools or thread.

Compounds

• 刀絞 / 刀绞
• 嘔心絞腦 / 呕心绞脑
• 心如刀絞 / 心如刀绞
• 心絞痛 / 心绞痛 (xīnjiǎotòng)
• 白絞油 / 白绞油
• 絞刀 / 绞刀
• 絞刑 / 绞刑 (jiǎoxíng)
• 絞包針 / 绞包针
• 絞染 / 绞染
• 絞架 / 绞架 (jiǎojià)
• 絞死 / 绞死 (jiǎosǐ)
• 絞殺 / 绞杀 (jiǎoshā)
• 絞決 / 绞决
• 絞痛 / 绞痛 (jiǎotòng)
• 絞盡 / 绞尽
• 絞盡腦汁 / 绞尽脑汁 (jiǎojìnnǎozhī)
• 絞盤 / 绞盘 (jiǎopán)
• 絞碎 / 绞碎
• 絞索 / 绞索 (jiǎosuǒ)
• 絞絲 / 绞丝 (jiǎosī)
• 絞絲底 / 绞丝底 (jiǎosīdǐ)
• 絞縊 / 绞缢 (jiǎoyì)
• 絞纏 / 绞缠
• 絞肉 / 绞肉
• 絞肉機 / 绞肉机 (jiǎoròujī)
• 絞腳 / 绞脚
• 絞腸痧 / 绞肠痧 (jiǎochángshā)
• 絞臉 / 绞脸
• 絞車 / 绞车 (jiǎochē)
• 絞面 / 绞面

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiáo (xiao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siáo
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao²
    • Yale: syáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyau
    • Palladius: сяо (sjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: haau⁴
    • Yale: hàauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯²¹/

Definitions

絞

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, historical) sash used to tie a dead body
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) greenish-yellow

Further reading

• “絞”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• “絞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[2], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

絞

(Jōyō kanji)

1. strangle; constrict
2. to wring; to squeeze; to milk

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)
• Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)^{←かう (kau, historical)}
• Kun: しぼる (shiboru, 絞る, Jōyō)、しめる (shimeru, 絞める, Jōyō)、しまる (shimaru, 絞まる, Jōyō)

Derived terms

• お絞(しぼ)り (oshibori)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 絞 (MC kaewX).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean 교ᇢ〯 (Yale: kywǒw) in Gugeupbangeonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466.

Hanja

絞 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)

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