# 縫

| 縫 | U+7E2B, &#32299; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E2B |
| ← 縪 [U+7E2A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 縬 → [U+7E2C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

縫 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 女火卜竹十 (VFYHJ), four-corner 2793$_4$, composition ⿰糹逢)

#### Derived characters

* 蘕

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 935, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27805
* Dae Jaweon: page 1373, character 32
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3437, character 22
* Unihan data for U+7E2B

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 縫
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 邦 | *proːŋ |
| 梆 | *proːŋ |
| 垹 | *proːŋ |
| 肨 | *pʰroːŋs, *pʰroːŋs |
| 蚌 | *broːŋʔ, *breːŋʔ |
| 玤 | *broːŋʔ |
| 棒 | *broːŋʔ |
| 蜯 | *broːŋʔ |
| 琫 | *poːŋʔ |
| 菶 | *poːŋʔ, *boːŋʔ |
| 俸 | *poːŋʔ, *boŋs |
| 髼 | *boːŋ |
| 蜂 | *boːŋ, *pʰoŋ |
| 韸 | *boːŋ |
| 蓬 | *boːŋ |
| 篷 | *boːŋ |
| 唪 | *boːŋʔ, *boŋʔ |
| 埲 | *boːŋʔ |
| 丰 | *pʰoŋ |
| 妦 | *pʰoŋ |
| 仹 | *pʰoŋ |
| 峯 | *pʰoŋ |
| 峰 | *pʰoŋ |
| 鋒 | *pʰoŋ |
| 烽 | *pʰoŋ |
| 蠭 | *pʰoŋ |
| 桻 | *pʰoŋ |
| 莑 | *pʰoŋ |
| 夆 | *pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds |
| 捧 | *pʰoŋʔ |
| 逢 | *boŋ |
| 縫 | *boŋ, *boŋs |
| 漨 | *boŋ |
| 捀 | *boŋ, *boŋs |
| 奉 | *boŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *boŋ, *boŋs): semantic 糹 + phonetic 逢 (OC *boŋ).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): féng (feng$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): fong$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fung$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): fùng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pung$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): pùng / hùng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bang$^2$ / horng$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): pâng / hông
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pong$^5$ / hong$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$von
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: féng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fóng
*** Wade–Giles: fêng$^2$
*** Yale: féng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ferng
*** Palladius: фэн (fɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɤŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: fong$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: fung
*** Sinological IPA : /foŋ²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fung$^4$
*** Yale: fùhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fung$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /fʊŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fùng
*** Hakka Romanization System: fung$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /fuŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pung$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰʊŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pùng / hùng
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰuŋ⁵³/, /huŋ⁵³/
* pùng - vernacular;
* hùng - literary.
* Middle Chinese: bjowng
Rime :
| Character | 縫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 符容切 |
| Baxter | bjowng |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨoŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bioŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bioŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buawŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /bioŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwoŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯woŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | féng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fung$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*(mə-)[b](r)oŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*boŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 縫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | féng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjowng › |
| Old Chinese | /*(mə-)[b](r)oŋ/ (~ *C.[b](r)oŋ) |
| English | sew |
| 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 | 縫 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 3235 |
| Phonetic component | 丰 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 逢 |
| Old Chinese | /*boŋ/ |

#### Definitions

縫
* to sew
    縫個扣子／缝个扣子 ― féng ge kòuzi ― to sew a button on
    傷口縫了七針／伤口缝了七针 ― shāngkǒu féng le qī zhēn ― the wound was closed with seven stitches
* to patch; to mend
* a surname, Feng

##### Synonyms

* (to sew):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 縫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 縫 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 縫 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 縫 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 縫 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 聯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 縫, 聯 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 䋎 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 縫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 縫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 縫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 縫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin (Lingui) | 縫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 縫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou (Luorong) | 縫 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 縫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 針 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 針 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 針 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 針 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 針 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 針 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Mule) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Pingnan | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 針 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Gangcheng) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Pingdong) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 針 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 縫, 聯 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 聯 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 聯 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 聯 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 聯 |
| Gan | Jianning | 聯 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 聯 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 聯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 縫 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 聯 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 聯 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 聯 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Changting | 聯 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 聯 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 聯 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 聯 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 聯 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 聯 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 聯 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 聯 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 聯 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 針 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 聯 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 聯 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 聯 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 聯 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 聯 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 聯 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 聯 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 䋎 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 䋎 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 䋎 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 䋎 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 䋎 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 䋎 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 䋎, 縫 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 縫 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 䋎 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 䋎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 䋎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 䋎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 䋎, 縫 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 䋎 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 䋎, 縫 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 䋎, 縫 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 䋎, 縫 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 聯 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 聯 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 聯 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 䋎 |
| Shaojiang Min | Shaowu | 聯 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 聯 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 聯 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 針 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Chaoyang) | 聯 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Zhuyuan) | 聯 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 繗 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 吊, 縫 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 繗 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 繗 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 繗 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 繗, 吊 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 吊 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 吊 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 繗 |
| Wu | Changshu | 繗 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 繗 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 吊 |
| Wu | Liyang | 縫 |
| Wu | Danyang | 縫, 絞 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 縫 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 縫 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 繗 |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 縫 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 縫 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 縫 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 縫 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 縫 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 縫 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 縫 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 繗 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 縫 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 縫 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 縫 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 聯 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 縫 |

#### Compounds

* 平針縫 / 平针缝
* 彌縫 / 弥缝
* 縫合 / 缝合 (fénghé)
* 縫工 / 缝工 (fénggōng)
* 縫紉 / 缝纫 (féngrèn)
* 縫紉機 / 缝纫机 (féngrènjī)
* 縫縫補補 / 缝缝补补 (féngféngbǔbǔ)
* 縫縫連連 / 缝缝连连
* 縫衣 / 缝衣
* 縫補 / 缝补
* 縫製 / 缝制 (féngzhì)
* 縫針補線 / 缝针补线
* 藏針縫 / 藏针缝
* 章甫縫掖 / 章甫缝掖

#### Descendants

* → Isan: ฝุง

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fèng (feng$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fung$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): phung
    (Meixian, Guangdong): pung$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): póng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pang$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): phāng / hōng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): pang$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$von
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fòng
*** Wade–Giles: fêng$^4$
*** Yale: fèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenq
*** Palladius: фэн (fɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɤŋ⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fèngr
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄥˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fòngr
*** Wade–Giles: fêng$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: fèngr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fenql
*** Palladius: фэнр (fɛnr)
*** Sinological IPA : /fɤ̃ɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fung$^6$
*** Yale: fuhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fung$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fung$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /fʊŋ²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phung
*** Hakka Romanization System: pung
*** Hagfa Pinyim: pung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰuŋ⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: pung$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰʊŋ⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: póng
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰouŋ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: pang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰaŋ⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phāng
*** Tâi-lô: phāng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: phang
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰaŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰaŋ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pʰaŋ²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hōng
*** Tâi-lô: hōng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hong
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔŋ²²/
* phāng - vernacular;
* hōng - literary.
* Middle Chinese: bjowngH
Rime :
| Character | 縫 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 並 (3) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 扶用切 |
| Baxter | bjowngH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /bɨoŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /bioŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /bioŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /buawŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /bioŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /bĭwoŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /bʱi̯woŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fung$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.[b](r)oŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*boŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 縫 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fèng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ bjowng$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*C.[b](r)oŋ-s/ |
| English | seam |
| 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 | 縫 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 3241 |
| Phonetic component | 丰 |
| Rime group | 東 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 俸 |
| Old Chinese | /*boŋs/ |

#### Definitions

縫
* seam; crack; narrow slit
* gap; space; opening; crack (Classifier: 道 m)

##### Synonyms

* (gap):
* 坼坼 ($^7$tshaq-tshaq) (Wu)
* 必痕 (Hokkien)
* 必縫 / 必缝 (Hokkien)
* 必巡 (Hokkien)
* 空縫 / 空缝 (Hokkien)
* 空隙 (kòngxì)
* 縫仔 / 缝仔 (Hakka)
* 縫縫 / 缝缝 (fong$^4$ fong$^{4-1}$) (Sichuanese, Shanghainese)
* 縫縫兒 / 缝缝儿 (fong$^4$ fongr$^{4-1}$) (Sichuanese)
* 縫隙 / 缝隙 (fèngxì)
* 裂痕 (lièhén)
* 裂縫 / 裂缝 (lièfèng)
* 豁豁 ($^7$huaq-huaq) (Wu)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 縫, 罅隙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 縫兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 縫子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 縫兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 縫兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 縫兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 縫子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 縫子, 縫兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 縫縫 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 縫縫, 縫 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 縫 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 縫 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 裂 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 裂 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 罅 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 罅 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 縫 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 必罅, 縫 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 罅 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 罅 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 罅 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 罅 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 裂 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 縫仔, 罅 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 縫仔, 罅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 縫仔, 罅 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 縫, 罅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 縫仔, 縫, 罅 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 縫 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 縫兒, 縫縫 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 縫 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 縫縫 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 縫 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 縫 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 縫 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 罅 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 縫, 縫縫 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 縫縫, 縫 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 縫 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 縫 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 縫 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 罅 |

#### Compounds

* 中縫 / 中缝 (zhōngfèng)
* 伸縮縫 / 伸缩缝
* 嚴絲合縫 / 严丝合缝 (yánsīhéfèng)
* 塞牙縫 / 塞牙缝
* 天衣無縫 / 天衣无缝 (tiānyīwúfèng)
* 夾縫 / 夹缝 (jiāfèng)
* 找縫子 / 找缝子
* 拔縫 / 拔缝
* 挨風緝縫 / 挨风缉缝
* 接縫 / 接缝 (jiēfèng)
* 捱風緝縫 / 捱风缉缝
* 沒棱縫兒 / 没棱缝儿
* 沒縫兒 / 没缝儿
* 溜縫兒 / 溜缝儿
* 牙縫高低 / 牙缝高低
* 瞇縫 / 眯缝 (mīfèng)
* 稜縫 / 棱缝
* 綻縫 / 绽缝
* 縫兒 / 缝儿
* 縫子 / 缝子
* 縫隙 / 缝隙 (fèngxì)
* 裂縫 / 裂缝 (lièfèng)
* 見縫就鑽 / 见缝就钻
* 見縫插針 / 见缝插针 (jiànfèngchāzhēn)
* 錯縫兒 / 错缝儿
* 鑽頭覓縫 / 钻头觅缝
* 門縫 / 门缝 (ménfèng)
* 隙縫 / 隙缝
* 風縫兒 / 风缝儿
* 騎縫 / 骑缝 (qífèng)
* 騎縫章 / 骑缝章
* 齒縫 / 齿缝

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 縫 |
| Kyūjitai | 縫󠄁 縫+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 縫󠄃 縫+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* to sew

#### Readings

* Go-on: ぶ (bu)
* Kan-on: ほう (hō, Jōyō)
* Kun: ぬいめ (nuime)、ぬう (nuu, 縫う, Jōyō)
* Nanori: ぬい (nui)

#### Compounds

* 天(てん)衣(い)無(む)縫(ほう) (ten'imuhō)

### References

* ↑ “縫”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

## Korean
### Hanja

縫 • (bong) (hangeul 봉, revised bong, McCune–Reischauer pong, Yale pong)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

縫: Hán Nôm readings: phùng
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