绸
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(light) silk; CL:匹[pi3]
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How 绸 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “silk”) + 周 (phonetic, zhōu)
How to remember it
silk fabric · Heisig RSH #2377
thread + lap
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 周
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 周 (zhōu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 周 sound component | zhōu | Zhou dynasty; circumference |
| 调 | tiáo | tune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange |
| 雕 | diāo | to carve, to engrave; eagle, vulture |
| 稠 | chóu | crowded, dense; viscous, thick |
| 凋 | diāo | withered, fallen; exhausted |
| 赒 | zhōu | to give to charity; to give alms |
| 鲷 | diāo | porgy; Pagrosomus major |
| 啁 | zhōu | to chirp, to twitter |
| 惆 | chóu | distressed, regretful, sad |
| 碉 | diāo | watchtower |
| 椆 | chóu | a species of tree resistant to cold weather |
| 蜩 | tiáo | cicada, broad locust |
Words containing 绸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丝绸之路 | Sī chóu zhī Lù | Silk Road |
| 丝绸古路 | Sī chóu Gǔ lù | the ancient Silk Road; see also 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] |
| 丝绸织物 | sī chóu zhī wù | silk fabric |
| 塔夫绸 | tǎ fū chóu | taffeta |
| 绸子 | chóu zi | silk fabric; silk; CL:匹[pi3] |
| 丝绸 | sī chóu | silk (cloth) |
| 未雨绸缪 | wèi yǔ chóu móu | lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to pla… |
| 薄绸 | báo chóu | light silk; silk chiffon |
| 府绸 | fǔ chóu | poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts) |
| 绵绸 | mián chóu | rough-textured fabric of waste silk |
| 绸缪 | chóu móu | to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth |
| 绸缎 | chóu duàn | satin; silk fabric |
| 绫罗绸缎 | líng luó chóu duàn | (idiom) silk and satin |