繞

See also: 绕 and ⿰糹尭

繞	U+7E5E, 繞 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 2491₁, 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

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

	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

trad.		繞
simp.		绕

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rào (rao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² / jiu⁵
Northern Min (KCR): niǎu
Eastern Min (BUC): nāu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu / jiáu
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gniau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rào
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rào
  - Wade–Giles: jao⁴
  - Yale: ràu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raw
  - Palladius: жао (žao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jiu² / jiu⁵
  - Yale: yíu / yíuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² / jiu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu² / yiu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵/, /jiːu̯¹³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: niǎu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /niau²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gniau
  - MiniDict: nyau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiɔ²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 繞 (圍繞)	edit 繞 (繞線)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʐɑu⁵¹/ /ʐau²¹⁴/	/ʐɑu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/	/ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/
	Tianjin	/iɑu¹³/ /ʐɑu¹³/	/iɑu⁵³/ /ʐɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʐɔ⁵⁵/	/ʐɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/iɔ⁴²/	/iɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʐau⁵³/	/ʐau³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ʐau⁵³/	/ʐau⁵³/
	Xining	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʐɔ⁴⁴²/	/ʐɔ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʐɔ⁵¹/	/ʐɔ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/nau⁴²/	/nau⁴²/
	Chengdu	/zau⁵³/	/zau¹³/
	Guiyang	/zao²¹³/	/zao⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʐɔo²¹²/	/ʐɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʐɔ²⁴/	/ʐɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/zau⁵³/	/zau⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵiɔ²³/	/ȵiɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/zæ³¹/	/ȵiæ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/zɔ¹³/	/ȵiɔ¹³/
	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/
	Nanning	/jiu³⁵/	/jiu²²/
	Hong Kong	/jiu¹³/	/kʰiu¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/liau⁵³/	/liau²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/nau³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/niau²¹/	/niau²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ziau²¹³/	/ziau²¹³/
	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	jiu⁶

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

trad.		繞
simp.		绕
alternative forms		遶

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rào, rǎo (rao⁴, rao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˋ, ㄖㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² / jiu⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): nāu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu / jiáu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rào
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rào
  - Wade–Giles: jao⁴
  - Yale: ràu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raw
  - Palladius: жао (žao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rǎo
  - Wade–Giles: jao³
  - Yale: rǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rao
  - Palladius: жао (žao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jiu² / jiu⁵
  - Yale: yíu / yíuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² / jiu⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu² / yiu⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵/, /jiːu̯¹³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nāu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /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/
	Harbin	/ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/	/ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/
	Tianjin	/iɑu¹³/ /ʐɑu¹³/	/iɑu⁵³/ /ʐɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʐɔ⁵⁵/	/ʐɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/iɔ⁴²/	/iɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʐau⁵³/	/ʐau³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ʐau⁵³/	/ʐau⁵³/
	Xining	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʐɔ⁴⁴²/	/ʐɔ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʐɔ⁵¹/	/ʐɔ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/nau⁴²/	/nau⁴²/
	Chengdu	/zau⁵³/	/zau¹³/
	Guiyang	/zao²¹³/	/zao⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʐɔo²¹²/	/ʐɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʐɔ²⁴/	/ʐɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/zau⁵³/	/zau⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵiɔ²³/	/ȵiɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/zæ³¹/	/ȵiæ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/zɔ¹³/	/ȵiɔ¹³/
	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/
	Nanning	/jiu³⁵/	/jiu²²/
	Hong Kong	/jiu¹³/	/kʰiu¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/liau⁵³/	/liau²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/nau³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/niau²¹/	/niau²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ziau²¹³/	/ziau²¹³/
	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	jiu⁶

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

trad.		繞
simp.		绕
alternative forms		遶

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rào, rǎo (rao⁴, rao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄠˋ, ㄖㄠˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rào
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rào
  - Wade–Giles: jao⁴
  - Yale: ràu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: raw
  - Palladius: жао (žao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rǎo
  - Wade–Giles: jao³
  - Yale: rǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rao
  - Palladius: жао (žao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 繞 (圍繞)	edit 繞 (繞線)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʐɑu⁵¹/ /ʐau²¹⁴/	/ʐɑu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/	/ʐau²¹³/ /iau²¹³/
	Tianjin	/iɑu¹³/ /ʐɑu¹³/	/iɑu⁵³/ /ʐɑu⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʐɔ⁵⁵/	/ʐɔ²¹/
	Qingdao	/iɔ⁴²/	/iɔ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʐau⁵³/	/ʐau³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ʐau⁵³/	/ʐau⁵³/
	Xining	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʐɔ⁴⁴²/	/ʐɔ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʐɔ⁵¹/	/ʐɔ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/nau⁴²/	/nau⁴²/
	Chengdu	/zau⁵³/	/zau¹³/
	Guiyang	/zao²¹³/	/zao⁴²/
	Kunming	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʐɔo²¹²/	/ʐɔo⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʐɔ²⁴/	/ʐɔ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/zau⁵³/	/zau⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/ʐɔ⁵³/	/ʐɔ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵiɔ²³/	/ȵiɔ²³/
	Suzhou	/zæ³¹/	/ȵiæ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/zɔ¹³/	/ȵiɔ¹³/
	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/
	Nanning	/jiu³⁵/	/jiu²²/
	Hong Kong	/jiu¹³/	/kʰiu¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/liau⁵³/	/liau²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/nau³²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/niau²¹/	/niau²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/ziau²¹³/	/ziau²¹³/
	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	jiu⁵

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

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	⿰糹尭
Kyūjitai	繞

Kanji

繞

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form ⿰糹尭)

Readings

Go-on: にょう (nyō)^{←ねう (neu, historical)}
Kan-on: じょう (jō)^{←ぜう (zeu, historical)}
Kun: まとう (matou, 繞う)、めぐる (meguru, 繞る)

Compounds

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

繞

Wikipedia ^ja

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) にょー [nyóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟o̞ː]

Noun

繞(にょう) • (nyō) ^{←ねう (neu)^?}

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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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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