# 絞

| 絞 | U+7D5E, &#32094; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D5E |
| ← 絝 [U+7D5D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 絟 → [U+7D5F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

絞 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜金大 (VFYCK), four-corner 2094$_8$, composition ⿰糹交)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 922, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27421
* Dae Jaweon: page 1357, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3397, character 3
* Unihan data for U+7D5E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 烄 | *keːws, *kreːwʔ |
| 礮 | *pʰreːws |
| 交 | *kreːw |
| 郊 | *kreːw |
| 茭 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ |
| 蛟 | *kreːw |
| 鮫 | *kreːw |
| 鵁 | *kreːw |
| 咬 | *kreːw, *ŋɡreːwʔ, *qreːw |
| 鉸 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *kreːws |
| 佼 | *kreːw, *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːwʔ |
| 詨 | *kreːw, *qʰreːws, *ɡreːws |
| 絞 | *kreːwʔ |
| 狡 | *kreːwʔ |
| 姣 | *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw |
| 筊 | *kreːwʔ, *ɡreːw |
| 校 | *kreːws, *ɡreːws |
| 珓 | *kreːws |
| 跤 | *kʰreːw |
| 頝 | *kʰreːw |
| 骹 | *kʰraːw |
| 齩 | *ŋɡreːwʔ |
| 洨 | *ɡreːw |
| 胶 | *ɡreːw |
| 效 | *ɡreːws |
| 効 | *ɡreːws |
| 傚 | *ɡreːws |
| 皎 | *keːwʔ |
| 恔 | *keːwʔ |
| 晈 | *keːwʔ |
| 窔 | *qeːws |
| 駮 | *pqreːwɢ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiǎo (jiao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu / ká
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$kau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎo
*** Wade–Giles: chiao$^3$
*** Yale: jyǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeau
*** Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gaau$^2$
*** Yale: gáau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gaau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gao$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kaːu̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu
*** Tâi-lô: káu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kao
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ká
*** Tâi-lô: ká
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kar
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ka⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ka⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ka⁵⁵⁴/
* káu - literary;
* ká - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: kaewX
Rime :
| Character | 絞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 肴 (90) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 古巧切 |
| Baxter | kaewX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /kˠau$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /kᵚau$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /kau$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /kaɨw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /kau$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /kau$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /kau$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jiǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | gaau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*k-rˤ[i]wʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*kreːwʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 絞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jiǎo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ kæw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*k-rˁ[i]wʔ/ (dialect: *k.rˁ- > *kˁr-) |
| English | twist; strangle |
| 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 | 絞 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 6306 |
| Phonetic component | 交 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絞 |
| Old Chinese | /*kreːwʔ/ |

#### Definitions

絞
* to twist; to wring
* to wind; to intertwine; to grind
* Classifier for skeins of wools or thread.

#### Compounds

* 刀絞 / 刀绞
* 嘔心絞腦 / 呕心绞脑
* 心如刀絞 / 心如刀绞
* 心絞痛 / 心绞痛 (xīnjiǎotòng)
* 白絞油 / 白绞油
* 絞刀 / 绞刀
* 絞刑 / 绞刑 (jiǎoxíng)
* 絞包針 / 绞包针
* 絞染 / 绞染
* 絞架 / 绞架 (jiǎojià)
* 絞死 / 绞死 (jiǎosǐ)
* 絞殺 / 绞杀 (jiǎoshā)
* 絞決 / 绞决
* 絞痛 / 绞痛 (jiǎotòng)
* 絞盡 / 绞尽
* 絞盡腦汁 / 绞尽脑汁 (jiǎojìnnǎozhī)
* 絞盤 / 绞盘 (jiǎopán)
* 絞碎 / 绞碎
* 絞索 / 绞索 (jiǎosuǒ)
* 絞絲 / 绞丝 (jiǎosī)
* 絞絲底 / 绞丝底 (jiǎosīdǐ)
* 絞縊 / 绞缢 (jiǎoyì)
* 絞纏 / 绞缠
* 絞肉 / 绞肉
* 絞肉機 / 绞肉机 (jiǎoròujī)
* 絞腳 / 绞脚
* 絞腸痧 / 绞肠痧 (jiǎochángshā)
* 絞臉 / 绞脸
* 絞車 / 绞车 (jiǎochē)
* 絞面 / 绞面

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiáo (xiao$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): haau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiáo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siáo
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^2$
*** Yale: syáu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyau
*** Palladius: сяо (sjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: haau$^4$
*** Yale: hàauh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: haau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hao$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /haːu̯²¹/

#### Definitions

絞
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, historical) sash used to tie a dead body
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) greenish-yellow

### Further reading

* “絞”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* “絞”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* strangle; constrict
* to wring; to squeeze; to milk

#### Readings

* Go-on: きょう (kyō)
* Kan-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
* Kun: しぼる (shiboru, 絞る, Jōyō)、しめる (shimeru, 絞める, Jōyō)、しまる (shimaru, 絞まる, Jōyō)

#### Derived terms

* お絞(しぼ)り (oshibori)

## Korean
### Hanja

絞 • (gyo) (hangeul 교, revised gyo, McCune–Reischauer kyo, Yale kyo)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.