# 緎

| 緎 | U+7DCE, &#32206; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DCE |
| ← 緍 [U+7DCD] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 総 → [U+7DCF] |

## Translingual
### Han character

緎 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火戈口一 (VFIRM), four-corner 2395$_0$, composition ⿰糹或)
* seam

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 929, character 13
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27608
* Dae Jaweon: page 1367, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3410, character 6
* Unihan data for U+7DCE

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 幗 | *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 慖 | *kʷɯːɡs, *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 簂 | *kʷɯːɡs |
| 蔮 | *kʷɯːɡs |
| 國 | *kʷɯːɡ |
| 或 | *ɡʷɯːɡ |
| 惑 | *ɡʷɯːɡ |
| 蜮 | *ɡʷɯːɡ, *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 閾 | *qʰʷrɯɡ |
| 緎 | *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 淢 | *qʰʷrɯɡ, *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 域 | *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 罭 | *ɢʷrɯɡ |
| 棫 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 琙 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 魊 | *ɡʷrɯɡ |
| 馘 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 聝 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 膕 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 摑 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 漍 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 嘓 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 蟈 | *kʷrɯːɡ |
| 掝 | *qʰʷrɯːɡ |
| 彧 | *qʷrɯɡ |
| 稶 | *qʷɯɡ |

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yù (yu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): wik$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wik$^6$
*** Yale: wihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wɪk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: hwik, xwik
Rime :
| Character | 緎 | 緎 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 職 (135) | 職 (135) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 雨逼切 | 況逼切 |
| Baxter | hwik | xwik |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦwɨk̚/ | /hwɨk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦʷɨk̚/ | /hʷɨk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiuek̚/ | /xiuek̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦwik̚/ | /hwik̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiuək̚/ | /xiuək̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭwək̚/ | /xĭwək̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /i̯wək̚/ | /xi̯wək̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yù | xu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | wik$^6$ | hik$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷrək/, /*qʷʰrək/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷrɯɡ/, /*ɡʷrɯɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 緎 | 緎 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yù | yù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hwik › | ‹ xwik › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷrək/ | /*qʷʰrək/ |
| English | bundle of threads | bundle of threads |
| 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 | 緎 | 緎 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 5552 | 5559 |
| Phonetic component | 或 | 或 |
| Rime group | 職 | 職 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 洫 | 域 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰʷrɯɡ/ | /*ɡʷrɯɡ/ |

### Definitions

緎
* seam
* (obsolete) Classifier for bundles of silk threads.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi̍t
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi̍t
*** Tâi-lô: hi̍t
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hit
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hit̚²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hit̚¹²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hit̚⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hit̚⁴/

### Definitions

緎
* (Hokkien) to sway back and forth; to shake back and forth
* (Mainland China Hokkien) to be swung back and forth (in the air, such as seesaws, etc.)
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to use every means to move (a person to accept a position, etc.)
* (Taiwanese Hokkien) to compete; to contend

#### Compounds

* 緎手／𰬟手

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* seam

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): よく (yoku)、いき (iki)、きょく (kyoku)、こく (koku)、いく (iku)
* Kun: ぬいかぎり (nuikagiri)