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

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/

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

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

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zǎo (zao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ

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/

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	/t͡sɑu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sɑu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sɑu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡saw^X/
Li Rong	/t͡sɑu^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sɑu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sɑu^X/
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

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

Japanese

Kanji

繅

(Hyōgai kanji)

draw
reel silk from cocoons
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)

draw
reel silk from cocoons
elegant compositions