Pictograph of two ropes entangled together, now written as 糾.
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | kjiw | k-riw (dialect: *k-r- > *kr-) | twist (v.) |
說文解字
《說文》：“丩，相糾繚也。一曰瓜瓠結丩起。象形。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 季旭昇《說文新證》p.153
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)