裸绞
luǒ​jiǎo

rear naked choke

裸 luǒ bare

Phonosemantic compound. 衤 represents the meaning and 果 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臝.

Components

衤
衤 Meaning component
yī clothes

衤 is a component form of 衣.

果
果 Sound component
guǒ fruit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlwaX[r]ˤo[r]ʔbare, naked
Zhengzhangɡ·roːlʔ

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

绞 jiǎo, xiáo, jiào twist Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 交 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絞.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

交
交 Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Sources

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Unicode

絞 twist Traditional

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

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

交
交 Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

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-SagartkæwXk-rˤ[i]wʔ (dialect: *k.rˤ- > *kˤr-)twist; strangle
Zhengzhangkreːwʔ

說文解字

縊也。从交从糸。

Sources

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