# 繚

| 繚 | U+7E5A, &#32346; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E5A |
| ← 繙 [U+7E59] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 繛 → [U+7E5B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

繚 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火大金火 (VFKCF), four-corner 2499$_6$, composition ⿰糹尞)
* 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): liáo (liao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): liu$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu / liāu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
*** Wade–Giles: liao$^2$
*** Yale: lyáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
*** Palladius: ляо (ljao)
*** Sinological IPA : /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: liu$^4$
*** Yale: lìuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: liu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: liu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /liːu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
*** Tâi-lô: liâu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liau²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāu
*** Tâi-lô: liāu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liau
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liau³³/
* Middle Chinese: lew, lewX, ljewX
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/ | /leu$^X$/ | /liᴇu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /leu/ | /leu$^X$/ | /liɛu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /leu/ | /leu$^X$/ | /ljæu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɛw/ | /lɛw$^X$/ | /liaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /leu/ | /leu$^X$/ | /liɛu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /lieu/ | /lieu$^X$/ | /lĭɛu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /lieu/ | /lieu$^X$/ | /li̯ɛu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáo | liǎo | liǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | liu$^4$ | liu$^5$ | liu$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rewʔ/, /*reːw/, /*reːwʔ/
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
* to entwine; to wind around
* to sew with slanting stitches

### Compounds

* 眼花繚亂／眼花缭乱 (yǎnhuāliáoluàn)
* 矜糾收繚／矜纠收缭
* 紹繚／绍缭
* 縈青繚白／萦青缭白
* 繚亂／缭乱 (liáoluàn)
* 繚糾／缭纠
* 繚繞／缭绕
* 繚轉／缭转

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* twist about
* circulate
* entangle

#### Readings

* Go-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
* Kun: まとう (matou, 繚う)、めぐる (meguru, 繚る)

## 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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