紡

See also: 纺

紡 U+7D21, 紡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D21 ← 素 [U+7D20] CJK Unified Ideographs 索 → [U+7D22]

Translingual

Han character

紡 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜竹尸 (VFYHS), four-corner 2092₇, composition ⿰糹方)

Derived characters

• 鶭

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 918, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27305
• Dae Jaweon: page 1349, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3376, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7D21

Chinese

trad.		紡
simp.		纺

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (方) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
縍	*paːŋ
榜	*paːŋʔ, *praːŋs, *braːŋ
蒡	*paːŋʔ, *braːŋ
牓	*paːŋʔ
螃	*paːŋʔ, *paːŋs, *baːŋ
搒	*paːŋs, *braːŋ
舫	*paːŋs, *paŋs
謗	*paːŋs
雱	*pʰaːŋ
磅	*pʰaːŋ, *pʰraːŋ
霶	*pʰaːŋ
滂	*pʰaːŋ
鎊	*pʰaːŋ
髈	*pʰaːŋʔ, *baːŋ
彷	*baːŋ, *pʰaŋʔ
趽	*baːŋ, *paŋ, *paŋs
房	*baːŋ, *baŋ
篣	*baːŋ, *braːŋ
騯	*baːŋ, *praːŋ, *braːŋ
傍	*baːŋ, *baːŋs
膀	*baːŋ
旁	*baːŋ
徬	*baːŋs
閍	*praːŋ
祊	*praːŋ
嗙	*praːŋ
方	*paŋ, *baŋ
汸	*paŋ
坊	*paŋ, *baŋ
邡	*paŋ, *pʰaŋs
枋	*paŋ
鈁	*paŋ
蚄	*paŋ
肪	*paŋ, *baŋ
鴋	*paŋ, *baŋ
牥	*paŋ
昉	*paŋʔ
瓬	*paŋʔ
放	*paŋʔ, *paŋs
倣	*paŋʔ
芳	*pʰaŋ
淓	*pʰaŋ
妨	*pʰaŋ, *pʰaŋs
紡	*pʰaŋʔ
仿	*pʰaŋʔ
髣	*pʰaŋʔ
鶭	*pʰaŋʔ
訪	*pʰaŋs
防	*baŋ, *baŋs
魴	*baŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pʰaŋʔ) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 方 (OC *paŋ, *baŋ).

Etymology 1

Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k(w)aŋ ⪤ *pʷaŋ (“spider; spin; spindle”), whence Tibetan ཕང (phang, “spindle”), Burmese ဝင့် (wang., “to spin (cotton)”) (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎng (fang³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fóng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pháng / hóng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pang²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵fan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎng
    • Wade–Giles: fang³
    • Yale: fǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faang
    • Palladius: фан (fan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong²
    • Yale: fóng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fóng
    • Hakka Romanization System: fong`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fong³
    • Sinological IPA: /foŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pháng / hóng
    • Tâi-lô: pháng / hóng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pharng, horng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰaŋ⁵³/, /hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaŋ⁵⁵⁴/, /hɔŋ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaŋ⁵³/, /hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰaŋ⁵³/, /hɔŋ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰaŋ⁴¹/, /hɔŋ⁴¹/

Note:

• pháng - vernacular;
• hóng - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: pang²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pháng
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵fan
    • MiniDict: fan^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²fan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fã³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: phjangX

Rime
Character	紡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	滂 (2)
Final (韻)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	妃兩切
Baxter	phjangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʰʉɐŋX/
Pan Wuyun	/pʰʷiɐŋX/
Shao Rongfen	/pʰiuɑŋX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pʰuaŋX/
Li Rong	/pʰiuaŋX/
Wang Li	/pʰĭwaŋX/
Bernard Karlgren	/pʰiwaŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǎng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fong2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pʰaŋʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaŋʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	紡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fǎng
Middle Chinese	‹ phjangX ›
Old Chinese	/*pʰaŋʔ/
English	twist, spin
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	紡
Reading #	1/1
No.	3044
Phonetic component	方
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	髣
Old Chinese	/*pʰaŋʔ/

Definitions

紡

1. to spin; to reel; to weave
2. reeled pongee

Compounds

• 棉紡／棉纺 (miánfǎng)
• 毛紡／毛纺 (máofǎng)
• 混紡／混纺 (hùnfǎng)
• 粗紡／粗纺
• 紡大／纺大 (Fǎngdà)
• 紡染／纺染
• 紡棉花／纺棉花
• 紡紗／纺纱 (fǎngshā)
• 紡綢／纺绸
• 紡線／纺线
• 紡績／纺绩 (fǎngjì)
• 紡縳／纺䌸
• 紡績井臼／纺绩井臼
• 紡績器／纺绩器
• 紡織／纺织 (fǎngzhī)
• 紡織品／纺织品 (fǎngzhīpǐn)
• 紡織娘／纺织娘 (fǎngzhīniáng)
• 紡織廠／纺织厂 (fǎngzhīchǎng)
• 紡織業／纺织业 (fǎngzhīyè)
• 紡織機／纺织机 (fǎngzhījī)
• 紡纖／纺纤
• 紡車／纺车 (fǎngchē)
• 紡錘／纺锤 (fǎngchuí)
• 紡錠／纺锭
• 紡錘蟲／纺锤虫
• 紡錘體／纺锤体 (fǎngchuítǐ)
• 細紡／细纺
• 針黹紡績／针黹纺绩
• 雪紡／雪纺 (xuěfǎng, “chiffon”)
• 麻紡／麻纺

 

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 紡 – see 綁 (“to bind; to tie; to fasten”). (This character is a variant form of 綁).

References

• “紡”, 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

紡

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. to spin; to make yarn
2. to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together

Readings

• Go-on: ほう (hō)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)
• Kan’yō-on: ぼう (bō, Jōyō)
• Kun: つむぐ (tsumugu, 紡ぐ, Jōyō)

Compounds

• 紡機(ぼうき) (bōki)
• 紡糸(ぼうし) (bōshi)
• 紡織(ぼうしょく) (bōshoku)
• 紡績(ぼうせき) (bōseki)
• 紡錘(ぼうすい) (bōsui)
• 紡毛(ぼうもう) (bōmō), 紡毛糸(ぼうもうし) (bōmōshi)
• 混紡(こんぼう) (konbō)
• 綿紡(めんぼう) (menbō), 綿紡績(めんぼうせき) (menbōseki)

Korean

Hanja

紡 (eum 방 (bang))

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

紡: Hán Nôm readings: phưởng, vưởng, vướng

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