縫

See also: 缝

縫 U+7E2B, 縫 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E2B ← 縪 [U+7E2A] CJK Unified Ideographs 縬 → [U+7E2C]

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: 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

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, OC *boŋ, *boŋs): semantic 糹 + phonetic 逢 (OC *boŋ).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): féng (feng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): fong⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): fùng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pung²

• Min Dong (BUC): pùng / hùng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): pâng / hông

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pong⁵ / hong⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): von (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: féng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ferng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fóng
    • Wade–Giles: fêng2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: fong⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fung
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /foŋ²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung⁴
    • Yale: fùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fungˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fung²
    • Sinological IPA: /fuŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pung²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰʊŋ¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pùng / hùng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuŋ⁵³/, /huŋ⁵³/

Note:

• pùng - vernacular;
• hùng - literary.

Min Nan

• (Hokkien)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng / hông
  • Tâi-lô: pâng / hông
  • Phofsit Daibuun: paang, hoong
  • IPA (Xiamen): /paŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
  • IPA (Quanzhou): /paŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
  • IPA (Zhangzhou): /paŋ¹³/, /hɔŋ¹³/
  • IPA (Taipei): /paŋ²⁴/, /hɔŋ²⁴/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²³/, /hɔŋ²³/

Note:

• pâng - vernacular;
• hông - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: pong⁵ / hong⁵
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phông / hông
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰoŋ⁵⁵/, /hoŋ⁵⁵/

Note: hong5 - used in 裁縫.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: von (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /v̥ʊŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /bɨoŋ/

Rime
Character	縫
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	符容切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨoŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bioŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bioŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buawŋ/
Li Rong	/bioŋ/
Wang Li	/bĭwoŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯woŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	féng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fung4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*(mə-)[b](r)oŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*boŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	縫
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	féng
Middle Chinese	‹ bjowng ›
Old Chinese	/*(mə-)[b](r)oŋ/ (~ *C.[b](r)oŋ)
English	sew
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	縫
Reading #	1/2
No.	3235
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	逢
Old Chinese	/*boŋ/

Definitions

縫

1. to sew

   縫個扣子 / 缝个扣子  ―  féng ge kòuzi  ―  to sew a button on

   傷口縫了七針 / 伤口缝了七针  ―  shāngkǒu féng le qī zhēn  ―  the wound was closed with seven stitches

2. to patch; to mend
3. a surname: Feng

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 縫 (“to sew; to stitch”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		縫
Mandarin	Beijing	縫
	Taiwan	縫
	Muping	縫
	Jinan	縫
	Luoyang	聯
	Xi'an	縫, 聯
	Yinchuan	縫
	Xining	䋎
	Chengdu	縫
	Guiyang	縫
	Guilin	縫
	Guilin (Lingui)	縫
	Liuzhou	縫
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	縫
	Nanjing	縫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	聯
	Hong Kong	聯
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	聯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	聯
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	聯
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	聯
	Macau	聯
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	聯
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	聯
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	聯
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	聯
	Foshan	聯
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	聯
	Foshan (Shunde)	聯
	Foshan (Sanshui)	聯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	聯
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	聯
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	聯
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	聯
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	聯
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	聯
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	聯
	Taishan	聯
	Kaiping (Chikan)	聯
	Enping (Niujiang)	聯
	Heshan (Yayao)	聯
	Dongguan	聯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	聯
	Qingyuan	聯
	Fogang	聯
	Yingde (Hanguang)	聯
	Yangshan	聯
	Lianshan (Butian)	針
	Shaoguan	聯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	聯
	Renhua	聯
	Lechang	聯
	Sihui	聯
	Guangning	聯
	Deqing	針
	Huaiji	聯
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	聯
	Yunfu	聯
	Xinxing	針
	Luoding	針
	Yunan (Pingtai)	針
	Yangjiang	聯
	Lianjiang	聯
	Nanning	聯
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	聯
	Hepu (Shatian)	針
	Guiping	聯
	Guiping (Mule)	聯
	Pingnan	聯
	Mengshan (Xihe)	針
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	聯
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	聯
	Guigang (Pingdong)	聯
	Bobai	聯
	Lingshan	聯
	Pubei	聯
	Qinzhou	針
	Beihai	聯
	Beihai (Nankang)	聯
Beihai (Yingpan)	聯
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	聯
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	聯
Ningming	聯
Hengxian	聯
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	聯
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	縫, 聯
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	聯
Móng Cái	聯
Bangkok (Guangfu)	聯
Gan	Nanchang	聯
	Pingxiang	聯
	Jianning	聯
Hakka	Meixian	聯
	Xingning	聯
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	聯
	Huidong (Daling)	聯
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	聯
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	縫
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	聯
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	聯
	Wengyuan	聯
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	聯
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	聯
	Liannan	聯
	Conghua (Lütian)	聯
	Jiexi	聯
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	聯
	Changting	聯
	Wuping	聯
	Wuping (Yanqian)	聯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	聯
	Liancheng	聯
	Ninghua	聯
	Ningdu	聯
	Ruijin	聯
	Shicheng	聯
	Shangyou	聯
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	聯
	Dayu	聯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	聯
	Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)	聯
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)	聯
	Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)	聯
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)	聯
	Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)	聯
	Hong Kong	聯
	Mengshan (Xihe)	針
	Luchuan	聯
	Mashan (Pianlian)	聯
	Senai (Huiyang)	聯
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	聯
Min Bei	Jian'ou	聯
	Songxi	聯
	Jianyang	聯
	Wuyishan	聯
Min Dong	Fuzhou	䋎
	Fuqing	䋎
	Gutian	䋎
	Ningde	䋎
	Zhouning	䋎
	Fuding	䋎
	Matsu	䋎
Min Nan	Xiamen	䋎, 縫
	Quanzhou	䋎, 縫
	Yongchun	䋎
	Zhangzhou	䋎, 縫
	Zhao'an	䋎, 縫
	Taipei	䋎
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	䋎, 縫
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	䋎
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	䋎, 縫
	Kaohsiung	䋎
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	䋎, 縫
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	䋎
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	䋎, 縫
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	䋎
	Yilan	䋎
	Yilan (Toucheng)	䋎
	Changhua (Lukang)	䋎
	Taichung	䋎
	Tainan	䋎, 縫
	Tainan (Anping)	䋎, 縫
	Hsinchu	䋎
	Kinmen	䋎
	Penghu (Magong)	䋎
	Penghu (Xiyu)	䋎, 縫
	Penang (Hokkien)	䋎
	Singapore (Hokkien)	䋎
	Longyan	䋎
	Datian	縫
	Shantou	䋎
	Jieyang	䋎
	Bangkok (Teochew)	䋎
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	䋎
	Leizhou	䋎
	Haikou	䋎
Puxian Min	Putian	䋎
	Putian (Donghai)	䋎
	Putian (Jiangkou)	䋎, 縫
	Putian (Nanri)	䋎
	Xianyou	䋎, 縫
	Xianyou (Fengting)	䋎, 縫
	Xianyou (Youyang)	䋎, 縫
Min Zhong	Yong'an	聯
	Sanyuan	聯
	Shaxian	聯
	Yanping (Wangtai)	䋎
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	聯
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	聯
	Sanxiang	聯
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Shajing)	針
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	聯
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	聯
Wu	Shanghai	繗
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	繗
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	繗
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	繗
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	吊, 縫
	Suzhou	繗, 吊
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	吊
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	吊
	Wuxi	繗
	Changshu	繗
	Kunshan	繗
	Jiaxing	吊
	Liyang	縫
	Danyang	縫, 絞
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	縫
	Jingjiang	縫
	Jiangyin	繗
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	縫
	Hangzhou	縫
	Shaoxing	縫
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	縫
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	縫
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	縫
	Yuyao	縫
	Wenzhou	繗
	Quzhou	縫
	Jinhua	縫
	Yongkang	縫
Xiang	Loudi	聯
	Quanzhou	縫

Compounds

Derived terms from 縫

• 平針縫／平针缝
• 彌縫／弥缝
• 章甫縫掖／章甫缝掖
• 縫合／缝合 (fénghé)
• 縫工／缝工 (fénggōng)

• 縫紉／缝纫 (féngrèn)
• 縫紉機／缝纫机 (féngrènjī)
• 縫縫補補／缝缝补补 (féngféngbǔbǔ)
• 縫縫連連／缝缝连连
• 縫衣／缝衣

• 縫補／缝补 (féngbǔ)
• 縫製／缝制 (féngzhì)
• 縫針補線／缝针补线
• 藏針縫／藏针缝

Descendants

• → Isan: ฝุง

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèng (feng⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fung⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phung

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pung⁴

• Min Dong (BUC): póng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): phāng / hōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pang⁷

• Wu (Wiktionary): von (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: fèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fòng
    • Wade–Giles: fêng4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤŋ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: fèngr
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenql
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fòngr
    • Wade–Giles: fêngrh4
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɤ̃ɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fung⁶
    • Yale: fuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: fung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fʊŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phung
    • Hakka Romanization System: pung
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰuŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pung⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰʊŋ⁵³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: póng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰouŋ²¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phāng
    • Tâi-lô: phāng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phang
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰaŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰaŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng
    • Tâi-lô: hōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²/

Note:

• phāng - vernacular;
• hōng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: pang⁷
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phāng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ¹¹/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: von (T3)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /v̥ʊŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /bɨoŋ^H/

Rime
Character	縫
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	鍾 (7)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	扶用切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨoŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/bioŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/bioŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buawŋH/
Li Rong	/bioŋH/
Wang Li	/bĭwoŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯woŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fung6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[b](r)oŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*boŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	縫
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fèng
Middle Chinese	‹ bjowngH ›
Old Chinese	/*C.[b](r)oŋ-s/
English	seam
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	縫
Reading #	2/2
No.	3241
Phonetic component	丰
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	俸
Old Chinese	/*boŋs/

Definitions

縫

1. seam; crack; narrow slit
2. gap; space; opening; crack (Classifier: 道 m)

Synonyms

• (gap):

edit

Synonyms of 縫

• 坼坼 (Shanghai)
• 必巡 (Min Nan)
• 必痕 (Min Nan)
• 必縫／必缝 (Min Nan)
• 空縫／空缝 (Min Nan)

• 空隙 (kòngxì)
• 縫仔／缝仔 (Hakka)
• 縫縫／缝缝 (Sichuan, Shanghai)
• 縫縫兒／缝缝儿 (Sichuan)

• 縫隙／缝隙 (fèngxì)
• 裂痕 (lièhén)
• 裂縫／裂缝 (lièfèng)
• 豁豁 (Shanghai)

Dialectal synonyms of 縫 (“gap; crack”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		縫
Mandarin	Beijing	縫兒
	Harbin	縫子
	Jinan	縫兒
	Luoyang	縫兒
	Wanrong	縫兒
	Xi'an	縫子
	Wuhan	縫縫, 縫
	Chengdu	縫縫
	Xuzhou	縫子, 縫兒
	Yangzhou	縫
	Hefei	縫
Cantonese	Guangzhou	罅
	Hong Kong	罅
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	罅
	Macau	罅
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	罅
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	罅
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	罅
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	罅
	Foshan	罅
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	罅
	Foshan (Shunde)	罅
	Foshan (Sanshui)	罅
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	罅
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	罅
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	罅
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	罅
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	裂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	裂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	罅
	Taishan	罅
	Kaiping (Chikan)	罅
	Enping (Niujiang)	罅
	Heshan (Yayao)	罅
	Dongguan	罅
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	罅
	Yangjiang	罅
Gan	Nanchang	縫
Hakka	Meixian	必罅, 縫
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	罅
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	罅
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	罅
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	罅
	Conghua (Lütian)	裂
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	縫仔, 罅
	Pingtung (Neipu, S. Sixian)	縫仔, 罅
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong, Hailu)	縫仔, 罅
	Taichung (Dongshi, Dabu)	縫, 罅
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin, Raoping)	縫仔, 縫, 罅
	Yunlin (Lunbei, Zhao'an)	縫
Jin	Taiyuan	縫兒, 縫縫
Min Bei	Jian'ou	縫
Min Dong	Fuzhou	縫縫
Min Nan	Xiamen	縫
	Chaozhou	縫
	Leizhou	縫
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	罅
Wu	Shanghai	縫, 縫縫
	Suzhou	縫縫, 縫
	Wenzhou	縫
	Jinhua	縫
Xiang	Changsha	縫
	Shuangfeng	罅

Compounds

Derived terms from 縫

• 中縫／中缝
• 伸縮縫／伸缩缝
• 嚴絲合縫／严丝合缝 (yánsīhéfèng)
• 塞牙縫／塞牙缝
• 天衣無縫／天衣无缝 (tiānyīwúfèng)
• 夾縫／夹缝 (jiāfèng)
• 找縫子／找缝子
• 拔縫／拔缝
• 挨風緝縫／挨风缉缝
• 捱風緝縫／捱风缉缝
• 接縫／接缝 (jiēfèng)

• 沒棱縫兒／没棱缝儿
• 沒縫兒／没缝儿
• 溜縫兒／溜缝儿
• 牙縫高低／牙缝高低
• 瞇縫／眯缝 (mīfèng)
• 稜縫／棱缝
• 綻縫／绽缝
• 縫兒／缝儿
• 縫子／缝子
• 縫隙／缝隙 (fèngxì)
• 裂縫／裂缝 (lièfèng)

• 見縫就鑽／见缝就钻
• 見縫插針／见缝插针 (jiànfèngchāzhēn)
• 錯縫兒／错缝儿 (cuòfèngr)
• 鑽頭覓縫／钻头觅缝
• 門縫／门缝 (ménfèng)
• 隙縫／隙缝
• 風縫兒／风缝儿
• 騎縫／骑缝 (qífèng)
• 騎縫章／骑缝章
• 齒縫／齿缝

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Japanese

Kanji

縫

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぶ (bu)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)^{←ほう (fou, historical)}
• Kun: ぬう (nuu, 縫う, Jōyō); ぬいめ (nuime)

Compounds

• 天(てん)衣(い)無(む)縫(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

縫: Hán Nôm readings: phùng

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