繚

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See also: 缭
繚 U+7E5A, 繚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E5A
← 繙
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 繛 →

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)

  1. 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

Note: liāu - 料 is used in the Mainland.
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/ /leuX/ /liᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/leu/ /leuX/ /liɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/leu/ /leuX/ /ljæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛw/ /lɛwX/ /liawX/
Li
Rong 		/leu/ /leuX/ /liɛuX/
Wang
Li 		/lieu/ /lieuX/ /lĭɛuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lieu/ /lieuX/ /li̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		liáo liǎo liǎo
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		liu4 liu5 liu5
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 		繚 聊 了
Old
Chinese 		/*rewʔ/ /*reːw/ /*reːwʔ/

Definitions

繚

  1. to entwine; to wind around
  2. to sew with slanting stitches

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

繚

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. twist about
  2. circulate
  3. entangle

Readings

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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