Chinese Character 绞 Meanings and components.

Form

绞

Meaning

绞 meaning[3] in English

To Twist (Strands Into A Thread).

To Entangle.

To Wring.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 绞 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (纟) , and to hand over (交)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VMYCK

How to write 绞

To write绞jiao3to twist … you should write a combination of 纟si1'silk' radical … , 交jiao1to hand … arranged in a 吅 shape:

纟 + 交 = 绞

绞 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 绞 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 绞, looks as follow:

绞
Pinyin:jiao3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Twist (Strands Into A Thread) . To Entangle . To Wring . To Hang (By The Neck) . To Turn . To Wind . Classifier For Skeins Of Yarn
纟
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
交
Pinyin:jiao1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Hand Over . To Deliver . To Pay (Money) . To Turn Over . To Make Friends . To Intersect (Lines) . Variant Of 跤[Jiao1]
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
父
Pinyin:fu4
Meaning[3]: Father

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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