绞
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to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 糸 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 絞
- Common rank
- #2,302
- Unicode
- U+7EDE
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
wring · Heisig RSH #2394
thread + 交 mingle
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 绞
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心如刀绞 | to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) | |
| 绞肉机 | meat grinder | |
| 双绞线 | twisted pair (cabling) | |
| 腹部绞痛 | abdominal cramping | |
| 心绞痛 | angina | |
| 胆石绞痛 | gallstone colic | |
| 绞车 | winch; windlass | |
| 绞尽脑汁 | to rack one's brains | |
| 绞股蓝 | jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum) | |
| 绞死 | to hang (i.e. execute by hanging); to strangle | |
| 绞刑架 | gibbet; hanging post | |
| 绞肉 | minced meat | |
| 绞盘 | capstan | |
| 绞刀 | reamer | |
| 绞杀 | to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting; (fig.) to snuff out | |
| 绞脑汁 | to rack one's brains | |
| 绞索 | a noose for hanging criminals | |
| 绞架 | gallows; gibbet | |
| 绞痛 | sharp pain; cramp; griping pain; colic; angina, cf 心絞痛|心绞痛 | |
| 绞刑 | to execute by hanging |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 交 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 交 sound part | to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix | |
| 校 | school; military field officer | |
| 效 | result, effect; effective | |
| 咬 | to bite, to gnaw | |
| 较 | to compare; relatively; more | |
| 郊 | suburbs, outskirts; wasteland, open space | |
| 饺 | stuffed dumplings | |
| 狡 | cunning, deceitful, treacherous | |
| 皎 | white; bright, brilliant; clear | |
| 鲛 | shark | |
| 跤 | to tumble, to fall; to wrestle | |
| 蛟 | a legendary scaled dragon | |
| 佼 | beautiful, handsome, good-looking | |
| 姣 | beautiful, handsome, pretty | |
| 洨 | a river in Hebei province | |
| 茭 | an edible aquatic grass; Zizania aquatica |