# 綢

| 綢 | U+7DA2, &#32162; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DA2 |
| ← 綡 [U+7DA1] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 綣 → [U+7DA3] |

## Translingual
### Han character

綢 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火月土口 (VFBGR), four-corner 2792$_0$, composition ⿰糹周)

#### Derived characters

* 𫊃

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 926, character 32
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27546
* Dae Jaweon: page 1364, character 4
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3417, character 10
* Unihan data for U+7DA2

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 裯 | *tuːw, *dɯw, *do |
| 啁 | *tuːw, *rtɯːw, *tɯw |
| 禂 | *tuːwʔ |
| 綢 | *tʰuːw, *dɯw |
| 翢 | *tʰuːw, *duːw |
| 錭 | *duːw |
| 雕 | *tɯːw |
| 凋 | *tɯːw |
| 琱 | *tɯːw |
| 鯛 | *tɯːw |
| 鵰 | *tɯːw |
| 彫 | *tɯːw |
| 奝 | *tɯːw |
| 調 | *dɯːw, *dɯːws, *tɯw |
| 蜩 | *dɯːw |
| 惆 | *tʰɯw |
| 婤 | *tʰɯw, *tjɯw |
| 稠 | *dɯw |
| 椆 | *dɯw, *tjɯws |
| 周 | *tjɯw |
| 輖 | *tjɯw |
| 賙 | *tjɯw |
| 郮 | *tjɯw |
| 晭 | *tjɯwʔ |
| 倜 | *tʰɯːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰuːw, *dɯw) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 周 (OC *tjɯw).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): chóu (chou$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cou$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): cau$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): ciu$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ciiu$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhù
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): cou$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): diû
* Eastern Min (BUC): diù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tiû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): diu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zeu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chou$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chóu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻou$^2$
*** Yale: chóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chour
*** Palladius: чоу (čou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: cou$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cou
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰəu²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^4$
*** Yale: chàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: ciu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu²²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ciiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɨu²⁴/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhù
*** Hakka Romanization System: cu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: cou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰəu¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: diû
*** Sinological IPA : /tiu³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: diù
*** Sinological IPA : /tieu⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiû
*** Tâi-lô: tiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: diuu
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /tiu²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: diu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiû
*** Sinological IPA : /tiu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zeu
*** MiniDict: zeu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zeu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɤ²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: chou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡sʰəu̯¹³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit綢 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰou³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰou²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʈ͡ʂʰou⁴⁵/ /t͡sʰou⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰou⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /tʃʰou⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰou⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʈ͡ʂʰou²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʈ͡ʂʰɯ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰəu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰou⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂʰɤu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰəu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰəu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰəu²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰəu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰəɯ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰɯ⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰəu¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʈ͡ʂʰəu¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰəu³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zɤ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zɤ¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡zei²¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /d͡ʑɤu³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʈ͡ʂəu¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɖ͡ʐəɯ¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰɨu²⁴/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰu¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰɐu²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰɐu²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰɐu²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /tiu³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tieu⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tiu³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tiu⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ʔdiu³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: thaw, drjuw
Rime :
| Character | 綢 | 綢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 透 (6) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | I | III |
| Fanqie | 土刀切 | 直由切 |
| Baxter | thaw | drjuw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tʰɑu/ | /ɖɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʰɑu/ | /ɖiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tʰɑu/ | /ȡiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /tʰaw/ | /ɖuw/ |
| Li Rong | /tʰɑu/ | /ȡiu/ |
| Wang Li | /tʰɑu/ | /ȡĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tʰɑu/ | /ȡʱi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tāo | chóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tou$^1$ | cau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]riw/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰuːw/, /*dɯw/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 綢 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chóu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ drjuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]riw/ |
| English | bind round |
| 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 | 綢 | 綢 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 17508 | 17527 |
| Phonetic component | 周 | 周 |
| Rime group | 幽 | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 饕 | 儔 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰuːw/ | /*dɯw/ |
| Notes | 通作韜 | |

### Definitions

綢
* silk cloth; satin damask
* to bind; to wind around; to wrap around

### Compounds

* 印度綢／印度绸
* 塔手綢／塔手绸
* 寧綢／宁绸
* 府綢／府绸 (fǔchóu)
* 彩綢／彩绸 (cǎichóu)
* 拷綢／拷绸 (kǎochóu)
* 未雨綢繆／未雨绸缪 (wèiyǔchóumóu)
* 杭綢／杭绸
* 紡綢／纺绸
* 絲綢／丝绸 (sīchóu)
* 絲綢之路／丝绸之路 (Sīchóu zhī Lù)
* 絹綢／绢绸
* 綢子／绸子 (chóuzi)
* 綢帷／绸帷
* 綢直／绸直
* 綢紋紙／绸纹纸
* 綿綢／绵绸
* 綢緞／绸缎 (chóuduàn)
* 綢繆／绸缪 (chóumóu)
* 綾羅綢緞／绫罗绸缎 (língluóchóuduàn)
* 繭綢／茧绸 (jiǎnchóu)
* 莨綢／莨绸 (liángchóu)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: じゅう (jū)、とう (tō)
* Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)、とう (tō)
* Kun: まとう (matou, 綢う)

## Korean
### Hanja

綢 • (ju, jo, do) (hangeul 주, 조, 도)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

綢: Hán Nôm readings: trù, điều
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