繰

See also: 缲

繰 U+7E70, 繰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E70 ← 繯 [U+7E6F] CJK Unified Ideographs 繱 → [U+7E71]

Translingual

Han character

繰 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女火口口木 (VFRRD), four-corner 2699₄, composition ⿰糹喿)

Derived characters

• 𧅂

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 940, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27953
• Dae Jaweon: page 1380, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3459, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7E70

Chinese

trad.		繰
simp.		缲

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 繰
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
藻	*ʔsaːwʔ
澡	*ʔslaːwʔ
璪	*ʔsaːwʔ
繰	*ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw
躁	*ʔsaːws
趮	*ʔsaːws
操	*sʰaːw, *sʰaːws
幧	*sʰaːw, *sʰaw
懆	*sʰaːwʔ
鄵	*sʰaːws
鐰	*zaːw, *sʰaw
臊	*saːw, *saːws
鱢	*saːw
燥	*saːwʔ, *saːws
噪	*saːws
髞	*saːws
喿	*saːws
譟	*saːws
劋	*ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ
橾	*soːwʔ, *srow

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎo (zao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³
    • Yale: dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao
    • Palladius: цзао (czao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou²
    • Yale: jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsawX

Rime
Character	繰
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	子晧切
Baxter	tsawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sawX/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑuX/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-tsˤawʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	繰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ tsawX ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-tsˁawʔ/
English	bleach; wash
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	繰
Reading #	1/3
No.	16568
Phonetic component	喿
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	早
Old Chinese	/*ʔsaːwʔ/

Definitions

繰

1. silk fabric that has rich and bright colors
2. Alternative form of 璪 (zǎo, “silk pendant strung with jade hung from a crown as an ornament”)
3. Alternative form of 澡 (zǎo, “to wash”)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāo (sao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sao
    • Wade–Giles: sao¹
    • Yale: sāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sau
    • Palladius: сао (sao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: saw

Rime
Character	繰
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇遭切
Baxter	saw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑu/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑu/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/saw/
Li Rong	/sɑu/
Wang Li	/sɑu/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*saːw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繰
Reading #	2/3
No.	16578
Phonetic component	喿
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	騷
Old Chinese	/*saːw/
Notes	俗同繅見國語

Definitions

繰

1. Alternative form of 繅／缫 (“to reel silk from the cocoon”)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāo (qiao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹
• Min Dong (BUC): chiĕu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹
    • Yale: chyāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
    • Palladius: цяо (cjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu¹
    • Yale: chīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu⁵⁵/

Definitions

繰

1. (needlecraft) to sew a blind hem, with stitches that are not visible

References

• “繰”, 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

繰

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. winding
2. reel
3. spin

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: くる (kuru, 繰る, Jōyō)

Korean

Hanja

繰 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)

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