繅

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 繅. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 繅, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 繅 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 繅 you have here. The definition of the word 繅 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of繅, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: 缫
繅 U+7E45, 繅
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E45
← 繄
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 繆 →
繅 U+2F970, 繅
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F970
← 縂
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 䌴 →

Translingual

Han character

繅 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火女女木 (VFVVD), four-corner 22994, composition ⿰糹巢)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27854
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1376, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3450, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7E45

Chinese

trad. 繅
simp. 缫
alternative forms 𦃨 ‡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 繅
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (巢) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
璅 *ʔslaːwʔ
繅 *ʔslaːwʔ, *slaːw
薻 *ʔslaːwʔ
罺 *ʔsraːw, *sʰraːws
摷 *ʔsraːw, *raːw
勦 *sʰraːw, *zraːw, *ʔslawʔ
巢 *zraːw, *zraːws
轈 *zraːw
樔 *zraːw
鄛 *zraːw
剿 *ʔslawʔ
漅 *ʔslawʔ

Pronunciation 1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繅
Reading # 2/2
No. 1290
Phonetic
component 		巢
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		騷
Old
Chinese 		/*slaːw/

Definitions

繅

  1. to reel silk from the cocoon
    alt. forms: 繰／缲, 縿 / 𰬪 (shān)‡, 𦅒‡, 𦃐

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 繅
Reading # 1/1
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 		/t͡sɑuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡sɑuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡sɑuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/t͡sawX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡sɑuX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡sɑuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/t͡sɑuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zou2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 繅
Reading # 1/2
No. 1288
Phonetic
component 		巢
Rime
group 		宵
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		早
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔslaːwʔ/

Definitions

繅

  1. Alternative form of 璪 (zǎo, “silk pendant strung with jade and hung from a crown as an ornament”)

Japanese

Kanji

繅

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. draw
  2. reel silk from cocoons
  3. elegant compositions

Readings

  • On (unclassified): そう (sō)
  • Kun: くる (kuru)

Korean

Hanja

繅 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

  1. draw
  2. reel silk from cocoons
  3. elegant compositions
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia