# 繞

| 繞 | U+7E5E, &#32350; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E5E |
| ← 繝 [U+7E5D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 繟 → [U+7E5F] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 繞 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | ⿰糹尭 |
| Simplified | 绕 |

### Han character

繞 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火土土山 (VFGGU), four-corner 2491$_1$, composition ⿰糹堯)

#### Derived characters

* 𡅍 𥽵

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 939, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27909
* Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3450, character 8
* Unihan data for U+7E5E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 繞
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 撓 | *hŋaːw, *rŋaːw, *rnaːwʔ |
| 鐃 | *rŋaːw |
| 譊 | *rŋaːw |
| 橈 | *rŋaːws, *ŋjew |
| 磽 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw, *ŋreːws, *ŋ̊ʰeːwʔ |
| 墝 | *ŋ̊ʰreːw |
| 穘 | *hŋreːw |
| 顤 | *hŋreːw, *ŋeːws |
| 燒 | *hŋjew, *hŋjaws |
| 饒 | *ŋjew, *ŋjaws |
| 蟯 | *ŋjew, *ʔŋew |
| 蕘 | *ŋjew |
| 襓 | *ŋjew |
| 繞 | *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws |
| 遶 | *ŋjewʔ |
| 嬈 | *njewʔ, *neːwʔ, *hŋeːws |
| 趬 | *ŋ̊ʰew, *ŋ̊ʰews |
| 蹺 | *ŋ̊ʰew |
| 翹 | *ɡew, *ɡews |
| 澆 | *ŋkeːw, *ŋeːws |
| 驍 | *ŋkeːw |
| 僥 | *kŋeːwʔ, *ŋeːw |
| 堯 | *ŋeːw |
| 垚 | *ŋeːw |
| 嶢 | *ŋeːw |
| 獟 | *ŋeːws |
| 膮 | *hŋeːw, *hŋeːwʔ |
| 嘵 | *hŋeːw |
| 憢 | *hŋeːw |
| 曉 | *hŋeːwʔ |
| 皢 | *hŋeːwʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋjewʔ, *ŋjaws): semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 堯 (OC *ŋeːw).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rào (rao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^2$ / jiu$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): niǎu
* Eastern Min (BUC): nāu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu / jiáu
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gniau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rào
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rào
*** Wade–Giles: jao$^4$
*** Yale: ràu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raw
*** Palladius: жао (žao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^2$ / jiu$^5$
*** Yale: yíu / yíuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^2$ / jiu$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^2$ / yiu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯³⁵/, /jiːu̯¹³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niǎu
*** Sinological IPA : /niau²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nāu
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡau³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: câ̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu
*** Tâi-lô: liáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liao
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liau⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiáu
*** Tâi-lô: jiáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jiao
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziau⁵³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gniau
*** MiniDict: nyau$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyiau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɔ²³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit繞 (圍繞) | edit繞 (繞線) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʐɑu⁵¹/ /ʐau²¹⁴/ | /ʐɑu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/ | /ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /iɑu¹³/ /ʐɑu¹³/ | /iɑu⁵³/ /ʐɑu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʐɔ⁵⁵/ | /ʐɔ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /iɔ⁴²/ | /iɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʐau⁵³/ | /ʐau³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʐau⁵³/ | /ʐau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʐɔ⁴⁴²/ | /ʐɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʐɔ⁵¹/ | /ʐɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /nau⁴²/ | /nau⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /zau⁵³/ | /zau¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /zao²¹³/ | /zao⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʐɔo²¹²/ | /ʐɔo⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʐɔ²⁴/ | /ʐɔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /zau⁵³/ | /zau⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵiɔ²³/ | /ȵiɔ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zæ³¹/ | /ȵiæ³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zɔ¹³/ | /ȵiɔ¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /jiɛ³⁵/ | /jiɛ²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /niɔ³⁵/ | /niɔ³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ȵio³¹/ | /ȵio³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʐau⁴¹/ | /ʐau⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /iaɯ⁴²/ | /iaɯ⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋiau³¹/ | /ŋiau³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ŋieu³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jiu²³/ | /kʰiu²³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /jiu³⁵/ | /jiu²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /jiu¹³/ | /kʰiu¹³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /liau⁵³/ | /liau²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /nau³²/ | |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /niau²¹/ | /niau²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ziau²¹³/ | /ziau²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /zau²¹³/ | /zau⁵⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: nyewH
Rime :
| Character | 繞 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 人要切 |
| Baxter | nyewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjæu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiɛu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭɛu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ɛu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jiu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ewʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋjaws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 繞 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | rǎo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyew$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ŋ]ewʔ-s/ (< uvular?) |
| English | to wind round |
| 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 | 繞 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 14676 |
| Phonetic component | 垚 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 饒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋjaws/ |

#### Definitions

繞
* to entwine; to wind around; to coil
* to confuse

##### Synonyms

* (to wind around): 纏／缠 (chán)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rào, rǎo (rao$^4$, rao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˋ, ㄖㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu$^2$ / jiu$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): nāu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu / jiáu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rào
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rào
*** Wade–Giles: jao$^4$
*** Yale: ràu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raw
*** Palladius: жао (žao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rǎo
*** Wade–Giles: jao$^3$
*** Yale: rǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rao
*** Palladius: жао (žao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jiu$^2$ / jiu$^5$
*** Yale: yíu / yíuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jiu$^2$ / jiu$^5$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yiu$^2$ / yiu$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːu̯³⁵/, /jiːu̯¹³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: nāu
*** Sinological IPA : /nˡau³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu
*** Tâi-lô: liáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: liao
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /liau⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiáu
*** Tâi-lô: jiáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: jiao
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziau⁵³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit繞 (圍繞) | edit繞 (繞線) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʐɑu⁵¹/ /ʐau²¹⁴/ | /ʐɑu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/ | /ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /iɑu¹³/ /ʐɑu¹³/ | /iɑu⁵³/ /ʐɑu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʐɔ⁵⁵/ | /ʐɔ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /iɔ⁴²/ | /iɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʐau⁵³/ | /ʐau³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʐau⁵³/ | /ʐau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʐɔ⁴⁴²/ | /ʐɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʐɔ⁵¹/ | /ʐɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /nau⁴²/ | /nau⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /zau⁵³/ | /zau¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /zao²¹³/ | /zao⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʐɔo²¹²/ | /ʐɔo⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʐɔ²⁴/ | /ʐɔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /zau⁵³/ | /zau⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵiɔ²³/ | /ȵiɔ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zæ³¹/ | /ȵiæ³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zɔ¹³/ | /ȵiɔ¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /jiɛ³⁵/ | /jiɛ²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /niɔ³⁵/ | /niɔ³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ȵio³¹/ | /ȵio³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʐau⁴¹/ | /ʐau⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /iaɯ⁴²/ | /iaɯ⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋiau³¹/ | /ŋiau³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ŋieu³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jiu²³/ | /kʰiu²³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /jiu³⁵/ | /jiu²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /jiu¹³/ | /kʰiu¹³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /liau⁵³/ | /liau²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /nau³²/ | |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /niau²¹/ | /niau²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ziau²¹³/ | /ziau²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /zau²¹³/ | /zau⁵⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: nyewH
Rime :
| Character | 繞 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 人要切 |
| Baxter | nyewH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjæu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiaw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiɛu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭɛu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ɛu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rào |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jiu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ewʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋjaws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 繞 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | rǎo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyew$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ŋ]ewʔ-s/ (< uvular?) |
| English | to wind round |
| 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 | 繞 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 14676 |
| Phonetic component | 垚 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 饒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋjaws/ |

#### Definitions

繞
* to surround; to encircle
* to bypass; to make a detour; to go around

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rào, rǎo (rao$^4$, rao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˋ, ㄖㄠˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rào
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rào
*** Wade–Giles: jao$^4$
*** Yale: ràu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raw
*** Palladius: жао (žao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: rǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: rǎo
*** Wade–Giles: jao$^3$
*** Yale: rǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rao
*** Palladius: жао (žao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit繞 (圍繞) | edit繞 (繞線) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʐɑu⁵¹/ /ʐau²¹⁴/ | /ʐɑu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/ | /ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /iɑu¹³/ /ʐɑu¹³/ | /iɑu⁵³/ /ʐɑu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʐɔ⁵⁵/ | /ʐɔ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /iɔ⁴²/ | /iɔ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʐau⁵³/ | /ʐau³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʐau⁵³/ | /ʐau⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʐɔ⁴⁴²/ | /ʐɔ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʐɔ⁵¹/ | /ʐɔ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /nau⁴²/ | /nau⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /zau⁵³/ | /zau¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /zao²¹³/ | /zao⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʐɔo²¹²/ | /ʐɔo⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʐɔ²⁴/ | /ʐɔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /zau⁵³/ | /zau⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ʐɔ⁵³/ | /ʐɔ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵiɔ²³/ | /ȵiɔ²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zæ³¹/ | /ȵiæ³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zɔ¹³/ | /ȵiɔ¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /jiɛ³⁵/ | /jiɛ²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /niɔ³⁵/ | /niɔ³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ȵio³¹/ | /ȵio³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ʐau⁴¹/ | /ʐau⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /iaɯ⁴²/ | /iaɯ⁴²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | | |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋiau³¹/ | /ŋiau³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ŋieu³¹/ | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jiu²³/ | /kʰiu²³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /jiu³⁵/ | /jiu²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /jiu¹³/ | /kʰiu¹³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /liau⁵³/ | /liau²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /nau³²/ | |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /niau²¹/ | /niau²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ziau²¹³/ | /ziau²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /zau²¹³/ | /zau⁵⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: nyewX
Rime :
| Character | 繞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 而沼切 |
| Baxter | nyewX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiᴇu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiɛu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjæu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵiaw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiɛu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭɛu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯ɛu$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rǎo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jiu$^5$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ŋ]ewʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋjewʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 繞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | rǎo |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyew$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ŋ]ewʔ/ (< uvular?) |
| English | curved |
| 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 | 繞 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 14673 |
| Phonetic component | 垚 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 擾 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋjewʔ/ |

#### Definitions

繞
* curved; winding
* a surname, Rao

### Compounds

* 圍繞 / 围绕
* 旋繞 / 旋绕 (xuánrào)
* 東折西繞 / 东折西绕
* 歌聲繞樑 / 歌声绕梁
* 珠圍翠繞 / 珠围翠绕
* 珠繞翠圍 / 珠绕翠围
* 環繞 / 环绕
* 環繞喇叭 / 环绕喇叭
* 盤繞 / 盘绕 (pánrào)
* 縈繞 / 萦绕 (yíngrào)
* 繆繞 / 缪绕
* 繞口令 / 绕口令 (ràokǒulìng)
* 繞嘴 / 绕嘴 (ràozuǐ)
* 繞圈子 / 绕圈子
* 繞場 / 绕场
* 繞境 / 绕境
* 繞射 / 绕射 (ràoshè)
* 繞彎兒 / 绕弯儿
* 繞彎子 / 绕弯子 (rào wānzi)
* 繞指柔 / 绕指柔
* 繞梁韻永 / 绕梁韵永
* 繞樑 / 绕梁 (ràoliáng)
* 繞樑三日 / 绕梁三日 (ràoliángsānrì)
* 繞樑之音 / 绕梁之音
* 繞磨 / 绕磨
* 繞繞 / 绕绕
* 繚繞 / 缭绕
* 繞脖子 / 绕脖子
* 繞行 / 绕行 (ràoxíng)
* 繞道 / 绕道 (ràodào)
* 繞遠兒 / 绕远儿
* 繳繞 / 缴绕
* 纏繞 / 缠绕 (chánrào)
* 纏繞莖 / 缠绕茎 (chánràojīng)
* 翠繞珠圍 / 翠绕珠围
* 藤攀葛繞 / 藤攀葛绕
* 裊繞 / 袅绕
* 迴繞 / 回绕
* 餘妙繞樑 / 余妙绕梁
* 餘音繞樑 / 余音绕梁
* 餘響繞樑 / 余响绕梁

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | ⿰糹尭 |
| Print standard | 繞 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰糹尭)
* surround
* return

#### Readings

* Go-on: にょう (nyō)
* Kan-on: じょう (jō)
* Kun: まとう (matou, 繞う)、めぐる (meguru, 繞る)

#### Compounds

* 囲繞(いにょう) (inyō), 囲繞(いじょう) (ijō)
* 右繞(うにょう) (unyō)
* 環繞(かんじょう) (kanjō)
* 纏繞(てんじょう) (tenjō)
* 繞囲(にょうい) (nyōi)
* 繞堂(にょうどう) (nyōdō)
* 繞仏(にょうぶつ) (nyōbutsu)
* 結(ゆ)い繞(めぐ)らす (yuimegurasu)
* 繚繞(りょうじょう) (ryōjō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 繞
* にょう Hyōgai
* goon

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にょー [nyóꜜò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɲ̟o̞ː]

#### Noun

繞(にょう) • (nyō)
* Chinese character radical that covers the left and bottom of a Chinese character

##### Derived terms

* 廴繞(いんにょう) (innyō)
* 延繞(えんにょう) (ennyō)
* 乙繞(おつにょう) (otsunyō)
* 凵繞(かんにょう) (kannyō)
* 鬼繞(きにょう) (kinyō)
* 支繞(しにょう) (shinyō), 支繞(えだにょう) (edanyō)
* 之繞(しんにょう) (shinnyō), 辵(しんにょう) (shinnyō), 之繞(しんにゅう) (shinnyū), 辵(しんにゅう) (shinnyū)
* 夊繞(すいにょう) (suinyō)
* 爪繞(そうにょう) (sōnyō)
* 走繞(そうにょう) (sōnyō)
* 人繞(にんにょう) (ninnyō)
* 麥繞(ばくにょう) (bakunyō)
* 文繞(ぶんにょう) (bunnyō)
* 攴繞(ぼくにょう) (bokunyō), 攵繞(ぼくにょう) (bokunyō)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

繞 • (yo) (hangeul 요)
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