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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw): semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 喿 (OC *saːws). It refers to dark blue silk. By extension, it is used to mean "to wind" or "to twist" thread.^[1]

References

^ Digital Shinjigen 2017

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎo (zao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou²

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/

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	/t͡sɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡saw^X/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑu^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sɑu^X/
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	‹ tsaw^X ›
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

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

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sāo (sao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹

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/

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/
Bernhard 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

alternative form of 繅 / 缫 (“to reel silk from the cocoon”)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiāo (qiao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu¹
Eastern Min (BUC): chiĕu

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/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chiĕu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu⁵⁵/

Definitions

繰

(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

(Jōyō kanji)

winding
reel
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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[1] Digital Shinjigen 2017

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