绞
jiǎo HSK7

twist

绞 (絞) jiǎo
entangle verb
to become intertwined or tangled

几根电线绞在一起了。

jǐ gēn diàn​xiàn jiǎo zài​yī​qǐ le.

A few wires got twisted together.

hang verb
to execute by hanging by the neck

古时候，有些重罪犯是被判处绞了的。

gǔ​shí​hou, yǒu​xiē zhòng zuì​fàn shì bèi pàn​chǔ jiǎo le de.

In ancient times, some felons were sentenced to death by hanging.

skein noun
classifier for skeins of yarn or thread

他买了两绞毛线。

tā mǎi le liǎng jiǎo máo​xiàn.

He bought two skeins of wool.

twist verb
to twist strands together, wring, or turn/wind something

请把这条湿毛巾绞干。

qǐng bǎ zhè tiáo shī máo​jīn jiǎo gān.

Please wring this wet towel dry.

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
Traditional
絞
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+7EDE

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