絞
jiǎo HSK7

twist

绞 絞 jiǎo
to twist verb
to twist; to wring; to entwine; to wind multiple strands together; to become entangled or wrapped around
to execute by hanging
to hang by the neck; to strangle or execute using a rope
to winch
to move an object by turning a wheel or axle to wind a rope around it; to use a winch or capstan
to mince
to grind or cut into small pieces using a machine or twisting motion
[skein]
a measurement used for skeins or hanks of yarn, wool, or thread
blunt
(literary) harsh; blunt; overly direct in speech
surname
a Chinese surname
to cut
to cut with scissors; to shear; to ream

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,672nd most common 15.3 per million
Movie subtitles
2,523rd most common 8.33 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
2.06 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
7.04 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Simplified
绞
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+7D5E

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)