# 繅

| 繅 | U+7E45, &#32325; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E45 |
| ← 繄 [U+7E44] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 繆 → [U+7E46] |
| 繅 | U+2F970, &#194928; 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 2299$_4$, 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
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 繅 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | 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 (sao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sou$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sao
*** Wade–Giles: sao$^1$
*** Yale: sāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sau
*** Palladius: сао (sao)
*** Sinological IPA : /sɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sou$^1$
*** Yale: sōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /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
    Alternative forms: 繰 / 缲, 縿 / 𰬪, 𦅒, 𦃐

#### Compounds

* 繅絲 / 缫丝 (sāosī)
* 繅繭 / 缫茧
* 繅車 / 缫车

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zǎo (zao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zǎo
*** Wade–Giles: tsao$^3$
*** Yale: dzǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzao
*** Palladius: цзао (czao)
*** Sinological IPA : /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 | zou$^2$ |
* 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

(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