繅

See also: 缫

繅 U+7E45, 繅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E45 ← 繄 [U+7E44] CJK Unified Ideographs 繆 → [U+7E46]

繅 U+2F970, 繅 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F970 ← 縂 [U+2F96F] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 䌴 → [U+2F971]

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

• Unihan data for U+2F970

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sāo (sao¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sao
    • Wade–Giles: sao¹
    • Yale: sāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sau
    • Palladius: сао (sao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*slaːw/

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

• 繅絲／缫丝 (sāosī)
• 繅繭／缫茧
• 繅車／缫车

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎo (zao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³
    • Yale: dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao
    • Palladius: цзао (czao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsawX

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zou2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔslaːwʔ/

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

(uncommon “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