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Translingual
Han character
繞 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火土土山 (VFGGU), four-corner 24911, composition ⿰糹堯)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 939, character 14
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27909
- Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 12
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3450, character 8
- Unihan data for U+7E5E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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撓
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*hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ
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鐃
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*rŋaːw
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譊
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*rŋaːw
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橈
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*rŋaːws, *ŋjew
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磽
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*ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ
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墝
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*ŋ̊ʰreːw
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穘
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*hŋreːw
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顤
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*hŋreːw, *ŋeːws
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燒
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*hŋjew, *hŋjaws
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饒
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*ŋjew, *ŋjaws
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蟯
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*ŋjew, *ʔŋew
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蕘
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*ŋjew
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襓
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*ŋjew
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繞
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*ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws
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遶
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*ŋjewʔ
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嬈
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*njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws
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趬
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*ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews
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蹺
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*ŋ̊ʰew
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翹
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*ɡew, *ɡews
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澆
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*ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws
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驍
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*ŋkeːw
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僥
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*kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw
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堯
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*ŋeːw
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垚
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*ŋeːw
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嶢
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*ŋeːw
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獟
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*ŋeːws
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膮
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*hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ
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嘵
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*hŋeːw
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憢
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*hŋeːw
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曉
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*hŋeːwʔ
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皢
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*hŋeːwʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws) : semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).
Pronunciation 1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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繞
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Reading #
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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rǎo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ nyewH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ewʔ-s/ (< uvular?)
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English
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to wind round
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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繞
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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14676
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Phonetic component
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垚
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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饒
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋjaws/
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Definitions
繞
- to entwine; to wind around; to coil
- to confuse
Synonyms
- (to wind around): 纏/缠 (chán)
Pronunciation 2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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繞
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Reading #
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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rǎo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ nyewH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ewʔ-s/ (< uvular?)
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English
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to wind round
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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繞
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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14676
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Phonetic component
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垚
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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饒
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋjaws/
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Definitions
繞
- to surround; to encircle
- to bypass; to make a detour; to go around
Pronunciation 3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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繞
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Reading #
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1/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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rǎo
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Middle Chinese
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‹ nyewX ›
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Old Chinese
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/*ewʔ/ (< uvular?)
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English
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curved
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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繞
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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14673
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Phonetic component
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垚
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Rime group
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宵
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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擾
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Old Chinese
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/*ŋjewʔ/
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Definitions
繞
- curved; winding
- a surname: Rao
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
繞
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰糹尭)
- surround
- return
Readings
Compounds
Pronunciation
Noun
繞 • (nyō) ←ねう (neu)?
- Chinese character radical that covers the left and bottom of a Chinese character
Derived terms
References
Korean
Hanja
繞 • (yo) (hangeul 요)
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