繚

See also: 缭

繚 U+7E5A, 繚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E5A ← 繙 [U+7E59] CJK Unified Ideographs 繛 → [U+7E5B]

Translingual

Han character

繚 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火大金火 (VFKCF), four-corner 2499₆, composition ⿰糹尞)

1. wind around, wrap around, bind

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 939, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27904
• Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3451, character 13
• Unihan data for U+7E5A

Chinese

trad.		繚
simp.		缭
alternative forms		繆／缪 𦆖 𦄗

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尞) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
簝	*reːw, *reːw
潦	*reːwʔ, *reːws
獠	*reːwʔ, *ʔr'eːwʔ, *reːw
轑	*reːwʔ
橑	*reːwʔ, *reːw
燎	*rew, *rewʔ, *rews
繚	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
璙	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
憭	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːwʔ
爒	*rewʔ, *reːwʔ
僚	*rewʔ, *reːw
嫽	*rewʔ, *reːw, *reːws
療	*rews
膫	*rews, *reːw
鷯	*rews, *reːw
遼	*reːw
撩	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嘹	*reːw, *reːw, *reːws
寮	*reːw
飉	*reːw
竂	*reːw
鐐	*reːw, *reːws
蟟	*reːw
瞭	*reːw, *reːwʔ
嶚	*reːw
镽	*reːwʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáo (liao²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liâu / liāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáo
    • Wade–Giles: liao²
    • Yale: lyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liau
    • Palladius: ляо (ljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: liu⁴
    • Yale: lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâu
    • Tâi-lô: liâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaau
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liāu
    • Tâi-lô: liāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liau
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liau³³/

Note: liāu - 料 is used in the Mainland.

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• Middle Chinese: lew, lewX, ljewX

Rime
Character	繚	繚	繚
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)	蕭 (93)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	IV	III
Fanqie	落蕭切	盧鳥切	力小切
Baxter	lew	lewX	ljewX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leu/	/leuX/	/liᴇuX/
Pan Wuyun	/leu/	/leuX/	/liɛuX/
Shao Rongfen	/leu/	/leuX/	/ljæuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛw/	/lɛwX/	/liawX/
Li Rong	/leu/	/leuX/	/liɛuX/
Wang Li	/lieu/	/lieuX/	/lĭɛuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lieu/	/lieuX/	/li̯ɛuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáo	liǎo	liǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	liu4	liu5	liu5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rewʔ/, /*reːw/, /*reːwʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繚	繚	繚
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	8080	8093	8113
Phonetic component	尞	尞	尞
Rime group	宵	宵	宵
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	繚	聊	了
Old Chinese	/*rewʔ/	/*reːw/	/*reːwʔ/

Definitions

繚

1. to entwine; to wind around
2. to sew with slanting stitches

Compounds

• 眼花繚亂／眼花缭乱 (yǎnhuāliáoluàn)
• 矜糾收繚／矜纠收缭
• 紹繚／绍缭
• 縈青繚白／萦青缭白
• 繚亂／缭乱 (liáoluàn)
• 繚糾／缭纠
• 繚繞／缭绕
• 繚轉／缭转

 

Japanese

Kanji

繚

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. twist about
2. circulate
3. entangle

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←れう (reu, historical)}
• Kun: まとう (matou, 繚う)、めぐる (meguru, 繚る)

Korean

Hanja

繚 • (ryo>yo) (hangeul 료>요, revised ryo>yo, McCune–Reischauer ryo>yo, Yale lyo>yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

繚: Hán Nôm readings: lèo

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