絨

See also: 绒

絨 U+7D68, 絨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D68 ← 絧 [U+7D67] CJK Unified Ideographs 絩 → [U+7D69]

Translingual

Han character

絨 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火戈十 (VFIJ), four-corner 2395₀, composition ⿰糹戎)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 923, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27435
• Dae Jaweon: page 1358, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3389, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7D68

Chinese

trad.		絨
simp.		绒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
娀	*snuŋ
戎	*njuŋ
茙	*njuŋ
駥	*njuŋ
狨	*njuŋ
絨	*njuŋ

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “←→茸?”)

“ronto-”

Phono-semantic matching of English ronto-. Coined by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection of the Republic of China Ministry of Economic Affairs (經濟部標準檢驗局) and first published on 31 October 2023.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): róng (rong²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ / jung^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùng
• Northern Min (KCR): ě̤ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀ng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liông / jiông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): rong⁵ / riong⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnion

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: róng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: róng
    • Wade–Giles: jung²
    • Yale: rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
    • Palladius: жун (žun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jung⁴ / jung^4-2
    • Yale: yùhng / yúng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴ / jung^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴ / yung^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/, /jʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: iung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ě̤ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /œyŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông
    • Tâi-lô: liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lioong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiông
    • Tâi-lô: jiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jioong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔŋ¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: rong⁵ / riong⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jông / jiông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zoŋ⁵⁵/, /d͡zioŋ⁵⁵/

Note: riong5 - Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnion
    • MiniDict: nyon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyion
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲioŋ²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 絨
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʐuŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʐuŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʐuŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/luŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/iŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʐuŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/vəŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/uə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʐuŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/və̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʐuŋ⁵¹/ /vɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ioŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/zoŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/zoŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/ʐoŋ¹/
	Nanjing	/ʐoŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/iŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/zuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/zuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ʐũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵioŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/ȵioŋ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵioŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zoŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/yʌ̃⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/in⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ioŋ¹³/
	Xiangtan	/in¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/iuŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/iuŋ¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/ʒuŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/joŋ²¹/ /joŋ³⁵/
	Nanning	/juŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/juŋ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/liɔŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/yŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/œyŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/zoŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zɔŋ³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nyuwng

Rime
Character	絨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如融切
Baxter	nyuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ȵiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	róng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njuŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絨
Reading #	1/1
No.	10853
Phonetic component	戎
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戎
Old Chinese	/*njuŋ/
Notes	同狨

Definitions

絨

1. silk, cotton, or woolen fabric
2. velvet
3. [from 2023] (Taiwan) ronto- (SI unit prefix)

   Synonym: 柔 (róu) (Mainland)

Compounds

• 呢絨／呢绒 (níróng)
• 天鵝絨／天鹅绒 (tiān'éróng)
• 栽絨／栽绒
• 棉花絨／棉花绒
• 毛絨／毛绒
• 毛絨絨／毛绒绒 (máoróngróng)
• 法蘭絨／法兰绒 (fǎlánróng)
• 漳絨／漳绒
• 火絨／火绒 (huǒróng)
• 燈心絨／灯心绒
• 石絨／石绒
• 絨布／绒布 (róngbù)
• 絨毛／绒毛 (róngmáo)
• 絨毬／绒球
• 絨毯／绒毯 (róngtǎn)
• 絨球／绒球 (róngqiú)
• 絲絨／丝绒 (sīróng)
• 絨線／绒线 (róngxiàn)
• 絨頭繩／绒头绳 (róngtóushéng)
• 腸絨毛／肠绒毛
• 艾絨／艾绒 (àiróng)
• 蒲絨／蒲绒
• 蔓綠絨／蔓绿绒
• 貉絨／貉绒
• 長毛絨／长毛绒 (chángmáoróng)
• 雪絨花／雪绒花
• 駝絨／驼绒
• 駱駝絨／骆驼绒
• 鴨絨／鸭绒
• 鵝絨／鹅绒
• 鵝絨白／鹅绒白
• 麗絨／丽绒

 

See also

SI prefix
Last		Next
攸/幺	絨/柔／绒/柔	匱/虧／匮/亏

References

• “絨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

絨

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. wool cloth

Readings

• Go-on: にゅう (nyū)
• Kan-on: じゅう (jū)
• Kun: ねりいと (neriito, 絨)、けおり (keori, 絨)

Compounds

Compounds

• 絨衣(じゅうい) (jūi)
• 絨毯(じゅうたん) (jūtan), 絨緞(じゅうたん) (jūtan): carpet, rug
• 絨毛(じゅうもう) (jūmō): wool
• 縮絨(しゅくじゅう) (shukujū)
• 製絨(せいじゅう) (seijū)
• 石絨(せきじゅう) (sekijū)
• 天鵞絨(てんがじゅう) (tengajū), 天鵞絨(ビロード) (birōdo): velvet

Korean

Hanja

絨 • (yung) (hangeul 융, revised yung, McCune–Reischauer yung, Yale yung)

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絨: Hán Việt readings: nhung

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