# 繩

| 繩 | U+7E69, &#32361; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E69 |
| ← 繨 [U+7E68] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 繪 → [U+7E6A] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 繩 |
| Shinjitai | 縄 |
| Simplified | 绳 |

### Han character

繩 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女火口難山 (VFRXU), four-corner 2791$_7$, composition ⿰糹黽)

#### Derived characters

* 𡅠

#### Related characters

* 縄 (Japanese shinjitai)
* 绳 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 940, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27937
* Dae Jaweon: page 1379, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3457, character 9
* Unihan data for U+7E69

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 繩
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 澠 | *mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *ɦbljɯŋ |
| 黽 | *mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *mreːŋʔ |
| 僶 | *mliŋʔ |
| 繩 | *ɦbljɯŋ |
| 譝 | *ɦbljɯŋ |
| 憴 | *ɦbljɯŋ |
| 鱦 | *ɦbljɯŋ, *ɦbljɯŋ, *b·lɯŋs, *mraːŋʔ |
| 蠅 | *b·lɯŋ |
| 鄳 | *mraːŋ, *mraːŋʔ |
| 鼆 | *mreːŋʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦbljɯŋ): semantic 糸 + phonetic 黽 (OC *mlenʔ, *mliŋʔ, *mreːŋʔ).

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *bliŋ (“string; thread; cord”); compare Japhug tɯmbri (“rope”), Burmese အမျှင် (a.hmyang, “string”), Tangut 𘘫 (*bji², “rope”) (STEDT; Schuessler, 2007; Jacques, 2014; Zhang, Jacques and Lai, 2019).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shéng (sheng$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄥˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sun$^2$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): шын (šɨn, I)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sing$^4$ / sing$^{4-2}$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sen$^3$ / sen$^{3*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): siin$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sun$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): seng$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sìng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chîn / sîn / sêng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sing$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zen
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): shen$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shéng
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄥˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shéng
*** Wade–Giles: shêng$^2$
*** Yale: shéng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherng
*** Palladius: шэн (šɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂɤŋ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: sun$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sun
*** Sinological IPA : /suən²¹/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шын (šɨn, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂəŋ²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sing$^4$ / sing$^{4-2}$
*** Yale: sìhng / síng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sing$^4$ / sing$^{4-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xing$^4$ / xing$^{4-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɪŋ²¹/, /sɪŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sen$^3$ / sen$^{3*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /sen²²/, /sen²²⁻²²⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: siin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɨn³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n
*** Hakka Romanization System: siin$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sin$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sun$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /sun¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: seng$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /səŋ¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sing$^2$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: síng
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬiŋ¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîn
*** Tâi-lô: tsîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciin
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sin²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /t͡sin²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sin¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn
*** Tâi-lô: sîn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siin
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /sin²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng
*** Tâi-lô: sîng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seeng
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴/
* chîn, sîn - vernacular;
* sêng - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit繩 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂəŋ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʂəŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʂəŋ⁴⁵/ /səŋ⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʂəŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʃəŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʂəŋ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʂəŋ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʂə̃²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʂəŋ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʂə̃n⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʂɤŋ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /sən²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /suən³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /suen²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʂuə̃¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʂən²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʂən⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /səŋ¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʂʐ̩¹³/ 繩子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /sə̃ŋ³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zəŋ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zən¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /sen³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zeŋ³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕiʌ̃⁴⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ɕian⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʂən¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ʂən¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /sɨn⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sun¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /seŋ²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /seŋ²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /siŋ²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /siŋ³⁵/ /t͡sin³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /siŋ⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /saiŋ³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /siŋ⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /seŋ³¹/ |
* Middle Chinese: zying
Rime :
| Character | 繩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 船 (27) |
| Final (韻) | 蒸 (133) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 食陵切 |
| Baxter | zying |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʑɨŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʑɨŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʑieŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʑiŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ʑiəŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡ʑĭəŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡ʑʰi̯əŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shéng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sing$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə-m.rəŋ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦbljɯŋ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 繩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shéng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zying › |
| Old Chinese | /*Cə-m.rəŋ/ |
| English | string, cord |
| 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 | 繩 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9165 |
| Phonetic component | 黽 |
| Rime group | 蒸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繩 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦbljɯŋ/ |

#### Definitions

繩
* string; rope (Classifier: 條／条 m c)
* (literary) to restrict; to restrain
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 繩, 索 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 繩索 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 繩子, 繩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 繩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 繩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 繩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 繩子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 繩子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 繩兒, 繩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 繩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 繩子, 繩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 繩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 繩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 繩子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 繩 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 繩子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 繩子, 索子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 繩子, 索子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 繩子, 繩繩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 繩子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 繩子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 繩子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 繩子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 繩, 繩子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 繩, 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 繩, 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 麻繩 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 繩, 索繩 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 繩仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 索 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 索 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 索 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 繩, 索 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 索, 繩 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 索 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 索 large, 繩 small |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 索 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 索 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 索 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 索 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 索 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 索 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 索, 索仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 索 big, 繩 small |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 索 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 索 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 索 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 索 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 繩 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 索 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 繩子, 索子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 繩兒, 繩仔, 索 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 繩子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 索仔, 索嫲, 索 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 索, 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 索兒 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Tangkeng) | 索 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Fengliang) | 索 |
| Hakka | Fengshun (Pantian) | 索 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 繩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 索仔, 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 索 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 索嫲, 索哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 繩 small, 索 large |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 索 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 索子, 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 索仔, 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 索 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 繩 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 索 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 索 |
| Hakka | Changting | 索子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 索子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 索子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 索 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 索子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 索子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 繩子 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 繩子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 索子, 繩 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 繩 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 繩 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 繩 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 繩 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 繩哩 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 索 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 索仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 索 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 索嫲, 索 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 索 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 索 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 索 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 索 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 索 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 索 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 索 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 索 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 索 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 索 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 索 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 索 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 索 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 索 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 索 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 索嫲 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 索 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 繩子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 繩子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 索 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 索 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 索 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 索 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 索 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 索 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 索 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 索 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 索 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 索仔, 索 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 索仔, 索 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 索 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 索仔, 索 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 索, 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 索仔 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 索 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 索 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 索 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 索 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Phnom Penh (Teochew) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 索 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 索 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 索 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 索 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 索 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 索 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 索 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 索 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 繩 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 繩 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 索 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 索子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 繩, 繩子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 繩 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 繩 |
| Wu | Danyang | 繩子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 繩 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 繩 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 繩 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 繩子, 索子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 繩子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 繩子, 索子 |
| Note | General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Compounds

* 井繩 / 井绳
* 信繩 / 信绳
* 克繩祖武 / 克绳祖武
* 尺步繩趨 / 尺步绳趋
* 引繩批根 / 引绳批根
* 引繩排根 / 引绳排根
* 扣子繩 / 扣子绳
* 拉花繩 / 拉花绳
* 捕繩 / 捕绳
* 月書赤繩 / 月书赤绳
* 正視繩行 / 正视绳行
* 毛繩 / 毛绳
* 沖繩 / 冲绳 (Chōngshéng)
* 法繩 / 法绳
* 洋繩 / 洋绳
* 游繩 / 游绳
* 準繩 / 准绳 (zhǔnshéng)
* 火繩 / 火绳
* 玉繩 / 玉绳
* 瓦灶繩床 / 瓦灶绳床
* 甕牖繩樞 / 瓮牖绳枢
* 矩矱繩尺 / 矩矱绳尺
* 砥平繩直 / 砥平绳直
* 糾繆繩違 / 纠缪绳违
* 糾繩 / 纠绳
* 紅絲繩 / 红丝绳
* 結繩 / 结绳 (jiéshéng)
* 結繩而治 / 结绳而治
* 結繩記事 / 结绳记事
* 絨頭繩 / 绒头绳 (róngtóushéng)
* 繩之以法 / 绳之以法 (shéngzhīyǐfǎ)
* 繩之於法 / 绳之于法 (shéngzhīyúfǎ)
* 繩伎 / 绳伎
* 繩其祖武 / 绳其祖武
* 繩厥祖武 / 绳厥祖武
* 繩子 / 绳子 (shéngzi)
* 繩尺 / 绳尺
* 繩床 / 绳床
* 繩床瓦灶 / 绳床瓦灶
* 繩愆糾謬 / 绳愆纠谬
* 繩文 / 绳文 (Shéngwén)
* 繩梯 / 绳梯
* 繩樞之士 / 绳枢之士
* 繩橋 / 绳桥
* 繩正 / 绳正
* 繩索 / 绳索 (shéngsuǒ)
* 繩結 / 绳结 (shéngjié)
* 繩繩 / 绳绳
* 繩趨尺步 / 绳趋尺步
* 繩鋸木斷 / 绳锯木断
* 繩鏢 / 绳镖 (shéngbiāo)
* 繩墨 / 绳墨 (shéngmò)
* 繩墨之言 / 绳墨之言
* 纍瓦結繩 / 累瓦结绳
* 纜繩 / 缆绳 (lǎnshéng)
* 背繩墨 / 背绳墨
* 規矩準繩 / 规矩准绳
* 規矩繩墨 / 规矩绳墨
* 規矩鉤繩 / 规矩钩绳
* 規繩 / 规绳
* 赤繩綰足 / 赤绳绾足
* 赤繩繫足 / 赤绳系足
* 走繩索 / 走绳索
* 跳繩 / 跳绳 (tiàoshéng)
* 踏繩 / 踏绳
* 軟繩 / 软绳
* 轉珠繩子 / 转珠绳子
* 進退中繩 / 进退中绳
* 長繩繫日 / 长绳系日
* 長繩繫景 / 长绳系景
* 韁繩 / 缰绳 (jiāngshéng)
* 頭繩衣 / 头绳衣
* 麻繩 / 麻绳 (máshéng)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mǐn (min$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mǐn
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mǐn
*** Wade–Giles: min$^3$
*** Yale: mǐn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: miin
*** Palladius: минь (minʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /min²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

繩
* Only used in 繩繩／绳绳.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yìng (ying$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yìng
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yìng
*** Wade–Giles: ying$^4$
*** Yale: yìng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinq
*** Palladius: ин (in)
*** Sinological IPA : /iŋ⁵¹/

#### Definitions

繩
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### References

* “繩”, 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–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03184
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “绳”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 208.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 縄 |
| Kyūjitai | 繩 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 縄)
* rope, line

#### Readings

* Go-on: じょう (jō)
* Kan-on: しょう (shō)
* Kun: なわ (nawa, 繩)、ただす (tadasu, 繩す)

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 繩 (MC zying). Recorded as Middle Korean 스ᇰ (sung) (Yale: sung) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 繩 (eumhun 노끈 승 (nokkeun seung))
* hanja form of 승 (“rope; string; cord”)
* hanja form of 승 (“measure; restrain”)

#### Compounds

* 결승 (結繩, gyeolseung)
* 규승 (糾繩, gyuseung)
* 연승 (延繩, yeonseung)
* 자승자박 (自繩自縛, jaseungjabak)
* 준승 (準繩, junseung)
* 포승 (捕繩, poseung)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

繩: Hán Nôm readings: thằng, thừng, xằng
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