繚

See also: 缭

繚	U+7E5A, 繚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E5A

← 繙
[U+7E59]

CJK Unified Ideographs

繛 →
[U+7E5B]

Translingual

Han character

繚 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火大金火 (VFKCF), four-corner 2499₆, composition ⿰糹尞)

wind around, wrap around, bind

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 939, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27904
Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3451, character 13
Unihan data for U+7E5A

Chinese

trad.		繚
simp.		缭
alternative forms		繆／缪𦆖𦄗

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簝	reːw, reːw
潦	reːwʔ, reːws
獠	reːwʔ, ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑	*reːwʔ
橑	reːwʔ, reːw
燎	rew, rewʔ, *rews
繚	rewʔ, reːw, *reːwʔ
璙	rewʔ, reːw, *reːws
憭	rewʔ, reːw, *reːwʔ
爒	rewʔ, reːwʔ
僚	rewʔ, reːw
嫽	rewʔ, reːw, *reːws
療	*rews
膫	rews, reːw
鷯	rews, reːw
遼	*reːw
撩	reːw, reːwʔ
嘹	reːw, reːw, *reːws
寮	*reːw
飉	*reːw
竂	*reːw
鐐	reːw, reːws
蟟	*reːw
瞭	reːw, reːwʔ
嶚	*reːw
镽	*reːwʔ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu / liāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
  - Wade–Giles: liao²
  - Yale: lyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
  - Palladius: ляо (ljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: liu⁴
  - Yale: lìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
  - Tâi-lô: liâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāu
  - Tâi-lô: liāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liau
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liau³³/

Note: liāu - 料 is used in the Mainland.

Middle Chinese: lew, lewX, ljewX

Rime
Character	繚	繚	繚
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	III
Fanqie	落蕭切	盧鳥切	力小切
Baxter	lew	lewX	ljewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/leu^X/	/liᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/leu^X/	/liɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/leu^X/	/ljæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/lɛw^X/	/liaw^X/
Li Rong	/leu/	/leu^X/	/liɛu^X/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lieu^X/	/lĭɛu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieu/	/lieu^X/	/li̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	liǎo	liǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu⁴	liu⁵	liu⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rewʔ/, /*reːw/, /*reːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繚	繚	繚
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8080	8093	8113
Phonetic component	尞	尞	尞
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime		聊	了
Old Chinese	/*rewʔ/	/*reːw/	/*reːwʔ/

Definitions

繚

to entwine; to wind around
to sew with slanting stitches

Compounds

眼花繚亂 / 眼花缭乱 (yǎnhuāliáoluàn)
矜糾收繚 / 矜纠收缭
紹繚 / 绍缭
縈青繚白 / 萦青缭白
繚亂 / 缭乱 (liáoluàn)
繚糾 / 缭纠
繚繞 / 缭绕
繚轉 / 缭转

Japanese

Kanji

繚

(Hyōgai kanji)

twist about
circulate
entangle

Readings

Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
Kun: まとう (matou, 繚う)、めぐる (meguru, 繚る)

Korean

Hanja

繚 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

繚: Hán Nôm readings: lèo

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