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U+7E08, 縈
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E08

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 120, +10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 火火月女火 (FFBVF), four-corner 99903, composition 𤇾)

  1. coil
  2. worry, care
  3. puzzle, confuse
  4. bend

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 933, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27733
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1371, character 38
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3440, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7E08

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (34)
Final () (122)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter 'jwieng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔwiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔʷiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔiuæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔwiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʔiuɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/ĭwɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʔi̯wɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yōng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
wing1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15376
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qʷeŋ/

Definitions

  1. (literary) to entangle; to wind around

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. entangle
  2. entwine, coil

Readings

Korean

Hanja

(yeong) (hangeul , revised yeong, McCune–Reischauer yŏng, Yale yeng)

  1. entangle
  2. entwine, coil