绕
rào HSK5

entwine

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 尧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 繞.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

尧
尧 Sound component
yáo a legendary ancient emperor-sage

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

繞 rào, rǎo entwine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

堯
堯 Sound component
legendary ancient emperor-sage

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyewX[ŋ]ewʔ (< uvular?)curved
nyewH[ŋ]ewʔ-s (< uvular?)to wind round
Zhengzhangŋjewʔ
ŋjaws
Unicodenjiɛ̌u
njiɛ̀u

說文解字

纏也。从糸堯聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)