繆

See also: 缪

繆 U+7E46, 繆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E46 ← 繅 [U+7E45] CJK Unified Ideographs 繇 → [U+7E47]

Translingual

Han character

繆 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸一竹 (VFSMH), four-corner 2792₂, composition ⿰糹翏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27855
• Dae Jaweon: page 1376, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3449, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7E46

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Chinese

trad.		繆
simp.		缪

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
醪	*ruːw
嫪	*ruːw, *rɯːws
嘐	*ɡ·ruːw, *krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw
賿	*rrɯːw, *rrɯːwʔ
顟	*rrɯːw
膠	*krɯːw, *krɯːws, *kʰrɯːw
轇	*krɯːw
摎	*krɯːw, *rɯw
髎	*riw, *rɯːw
熮	*riws, *rɯːw, *rɯwʔ
廖	*rɯːw, *rɯːws, *rɯws
憀	*rɯːw, *rɯw
豂	*rɯːw
漻	*rɯːw
翏	*ɡ·rɯːw, *ɡ·rɯws
寥	*rɯːw, *rɯːwɢ
蓼	*rɯːwʔ, *rɯwɢ
鄝	*rɯːwʔ
鷚	*mɡlɯw, *rɯwɢs, *mɡrɯw, *ɡrɯw
繆	*mlɯw, *mɡrɯw, *mrɯws, *mlɯwɢ
勠	*rɯw, *rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
疁	*rɯw
飂	*rɯw, *rɯws
鏐	*rɯw, *rɯw
僇	*rɯwɢs, *rɯwɢ
瘳	*r̥ʰɯw
璆	*ɡlɯw, *ɡrɯw
謬	*mrɯws
蟉	*ɡ·rɯw, *ɡrɯw, *ɡrɯwʔ
樛	*krɯw
磟	*ruːwɢ, *rɯwɢ
戮	*rɯwɢ
剹	*rɯwɢ
穋	*rɯwɢ

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繆

1. ten bundles of hemp
2. a type of silk
3. Used in 綢繆／绸缪 (chóumóu).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiū (jiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiou
    • Wade–Giles: chiu¹
    • Yale: jyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiou
    • Palladius: цзю (czju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繆

1. to interlock
2. thin
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 糾／纠 (jiū).
4. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 摎 (jiū).

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miù (miu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miù
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miòu
    • Wade–Giles: miu⁴
    • Yale: myòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miow
    • Palladius: мю (mju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: mau⁶
    • Yale: mauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: meo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐu̯²²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繆

1. to deceive
2. different

   • 名與實爽曰繆。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     名与实爽曰缪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lost Book of Zhou, circa 4^th – 1^st centuries BCE

     Míng yǔ shí shuǎng yuē miù. [Pinyin]

     When the reputation [of] and reality [about] [the deceased] diverge, call [the deceased] different.

3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 謬／谬 (miù).

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miào (miao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): miu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miào
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miào
    • Wade–Giles: miao⁴
    • Yale: myàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miaw
    • Palladius: мяо (mjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: miu⁶
    • Yale: miuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: miu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: miu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miːu̯²²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繆

1. a surname

Pronunciation 5

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liǎo (liao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎo
    • Wade–Giles: liao³
    • Yale: lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繆

1. Only used in 繆繆／缪缪.

Pronunciation 6

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liào (liao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liào
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liào
    • Wade–Giles: liao⁴
    • Yale: lyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaw
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繆

1. Only used in 蜩繆／蜩缪.

Pronunciation 7

For pronunciation and definitions of 繆 – see 穆 (“standing grain; the right side position of tablets in ancestral shrines; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 穆).

Pronunciation 8

For pronunciation and definitions of 繆 – see 繚 (“to entwine; to wind around; to sew with slanting stitches”). (This character is a variant form of 繚).

Pronunciation 9

For pronunciation and definitions of 繆 – see 戮 (“to kill; to massacre; to humiliate; to disgrace; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 戮).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03167
• “繆”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

繆

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. error
2. wrap around

Readings

• Go-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}、みゅう (myū)^{←みう (miu, historical)}、もく (moku)、る (ru)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)^{←きう (kiu, historical)}、びゅう (byū)^{←びう (biu, historical)}、ぼく (boku)、りゅう (ryū)^{←りう (riu, historical)}
• Kun: あやまる (ayamaru, 繆る)、まとう (matou, 繆う)

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Korean

Hanja

繆 • (mu, yu) (hangeul 무, 유, revised mu, yu, McCune–Reischauer mu, yu, Yale mu, yu)

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