绕
Tap the pinyin to hear it
to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 糸 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 繞
- Common rank
- #1,693
- Unicode
- U+7ED5
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
go around · Heisig RSH #2379
thread + javelin thrower
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 绕
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绕远儿 | to go the long way round; to take a circuitous route; (of a route) circuitous | |
| 绕梁三日 | reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp.… | |
| 绕口令 | tongue-twister | |
| 绕圈子 | to go around in circles; to make a detour; (fig.) to beat about the bush | |
| 绕一圈 | to go around one time; to do a circuit | |
| 绕弯子儿 | lit. to go on a long detour; fig. to speak vaguely around the topic without getting to the… | |
| 余音绕梁 | reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voi… | |
| 绕地 | to orbit the Earth | |
| 绕行 | to take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit; (of a planet) to orbit; (of a s… | |
| 绕手 | thorny issue; tricky case | |
| 绕道 | to go by a roundabout route; to take a detour; (medicine or civil engineering) bypass | |
| 绕流 | turbulence (in fluid mechanics) | |
| 绕路 | to make a detour; to take the long route | |
| 绕过 | to detour; to bypass; to circumvent; to avoid; to wind around (of a road etc) | |
| 回绕 | winding | |
| 绕嘴 | hard to get one's mouth around; a tongue-twister | |
| 绕来绕去 | meandering and circuitous (idiom); to go around in circles and never get anywhere | |
| 盘绕 | to coil (around sth); to twine; to weave (basketwork) | |
| 绕射 | (physics) to diffract | |
| 环绕 | to surround; to circle; to revolve around |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 尧 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尧 sound part | a legendary ancient emperor-sage | |
| 烧 | to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast | |
| 饶 | abundant, bountiful | |
| 翘 | outstanding; to elevate, to lift, to raise | |
| 晓 | dawn; clear, explicit, known | |
| 挠 | to yield; to scratch, to disturb | |
| 浇 | to spray, to sprinkle, to water | |
| 跷 | to stand on tiptoe; stilts | |
| 侥 | to be lucky; by chance, by luck | |
| 桡 | radius, forearm; a bent or twisted piece of wood | |
| 蛲 | parasitic worm; human pinworm | |
| 骁 | valiant, brave; skilled; a noble steed | |
| 娆 | graceful, charming, fascinating | |
| 荛 | fuel, firewood; grass, shrub; Wikstroemia japonica | |
| 哓 | garrulous; disturbed; restless | |
| 硗 | barren land; sandy soil | |
| 铙 | cymbals, hand-bell; to disturb |