縫

See also: 缝

Translingual

Han character

縫 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜竹十 (VFYHJ), four-corner 2793₄, composition ⿰糹逢)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 935, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27805
• Dae Jaweon: page 1373, character 32
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3437, character 22
• Unihan data for U+7E2B

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Chinese

trad.		縫
simp.		缝
alternative forms		綘／𮶂

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
邦	*proːŋ
梆	*proːŋ
垹	*proːŋ
肨	*pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs
蚌	*broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ
玤	*broːŋʔ
棒	*broːŋʔ
蜯	*broːŋʔ
琫	*poːŋʔ
菶	*poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ
俸	*poːŋʔ, *boŋs
髼	*boːŋ
蜂	*boːŋ, *pʰoŋ
韸	*boːŋ
蓬	*boːŋ
篷	*boːŋ
唪	*boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ
埲	*boːŋʔ
丰	*pʰoŋ
妦	*pʰoŋ
仹	*pʰoŋ
峯	*pʰoŋ
峰	*pʰoŋ
鋒	*pʰoŋ
烽	*pʰoŋ
蠭	*pʰoŋ
桻	*pʰoŋ
莑	*pʰoŋ
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
捧	*pʰoŋʔ
逢	*boŋ
縫	*boŋ, *boŋs
漨	*boŋ
捀	*boŋ, *boŋs
奉	*boŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *boŋ, *boŋs) : semantic 糹 + phonetic 逢 (OC *boŋ).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 縫

1. to sew up; to stitch
2. to patch; to mend
3. to sew; to make dress

Descendants

• → Isan: ฝุง

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 縫

1. seam; crack; narrow slit

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

縫

(Jōyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
• Kun: ぬう (nuu, 縫う, Jōyō); ぬいめ (nuime)

Compounds

• 天衣無縫(てんいむほう) (ten'imuhō)

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Korean

Hanja

縫 • (bong) (hangeul 봉, revised bong, McCune–Reischauer pong, Yale pong)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 縫 (phùng)

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