# 繰

| 繰 | U+7E70, &#32368; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E70 |
| ← 繯 [U+7E6F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 繱 → [U+7E71] |

## Translingual
### Han character

繰 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 女火口口木 (VFRRD), four-corner 2699$_4$, composition ⿰糹喿)

#### Derived characters

* 𧅂

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 940, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27953
* Dae Jaweon: page 1380, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3459, character 2
* Unihan data for U+7E70

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 繰 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 藻 | *ʔsaːwʔ |
| 澡 | *ʔslaːwʔ |
| 璪 | *ʔsaːwʔ |
| 繰 | *ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw |
| 躁 | *ʔsaːws |
| 趮 | *ʔsaːws |
| 操 | *sʰaːw, *sʰaːws |
| 幧 | *sʰaːw, *sʰaw |
| 懆 | *sʰaːwʔ |
| 鄵 | *sʰaːws |
| 鐰 | *zaːw, *sʰaw |
| 臊 | *saːw, *saːws |
| 鱢 | *saːw |
| 燥 | *saːwʔ, *saːws |
| 噪 | *saːws |
| 髞 | *saːws |
| 喿 | *saːws |
| 譟 | *saːws |
| 劋 | *ʔsawʔ, *ʔseːwʔ |
| 橾 | *soːwʔ, *srow |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsaːwʔ, *saːw, *sʰaw): semantic 糸 (“thread”) + phonetic 喿 (OC *saːws). It refers to dark blue silk. By extension, it is used to mean "to wind" or "to twist" thread.

#### References

* ↑ Digital Shinjigen 2017

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zǎo (zao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zou$^2$
* 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/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zou$^2$
*** Yale: jóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou̯³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsawX
Rime :
| Character | 繰 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| 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
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-tsˤawʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsaːwʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 繰 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zǎo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsaw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə-tsˁawʔ/ |
| English | bleach; wash |
| 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 | 繰 |
| Reading # | 1/3 |
| No. | 16568 |
| Phonetic component | 喿 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 早 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsaːwʔ/ |

#### Definitions

繰
* silk fabric that has rich and bright colors
* Alternative form of 璪 (zǎo, “silk pendant strung with jade hung from a crown as an ornament”)
* Alternative form of 澡 (zǎo, “to wash”)

### Pronunciation 2

* 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/
* Middle Chinese: saw
Rime :
| Character | 繰 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 豪 (89) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蘇遭切 |
| Baxter | saw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sɑu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sɑu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɑu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /saw/ |
| Li Rong | /sɑu/ |
| Wang Li | /sɑu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /sɑu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sou$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*saːw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 繰 |
| Reading # | 2/3 |
| No. | 16578 |
| Phonetic component | 喿 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 騷 |
| Old Chinese | /*saːw/ |
| Notes | 俗同繅見國語 |

#### Definitions

繰
* Alternative form of 繅 / 缫 (“to reel silk from the cocoon”)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiāo (qiao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiĕu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ciao
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiao$^1$
*** Yale: chyāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau
*** Palladius: цяо (cjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ciu$^1$
*** Yale: chīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: qiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiːu̯⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰieu⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

繰
* (needlecraft) to sew a blind hem, with stitches that are not visible

### References

* “繰”, 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)
* winding
* reel
* spin

#### Readings

* Go-on: そう (sō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō)
* Kun: くる (kuru, 繰る, Jōyō)

## Korean
### Hanja

繰 • (jo) (hangeul 조, revised jo, McCune–Reischauer cho, Yale co)
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