Translingual

Han character

繒 (radical 120 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火金田日 (VFCWA), four-corner 2896₆, composition ⿰糹曾)

1. silk fabrics
2. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 938, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27888
• Dae Jaweon: page 1377, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3454, character 8
• Unihan data for U+7E52

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 繒
Large seal script	Small seal script

Pronunciation

Noun

繒

1. silk
2. (less commonly) finely woven fabrics other than silk
   • 又東有白蠻，丈夫婦人以白繒為衣，下不過膝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     又东有白蛮，丈夫妇人以白缯为衣，下不过膝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 4, part 20

     Yòu dōng yǒu Báimán, zhàng fū fù rén yǐ bái zēng wèi yī, xià bù guò xī. [Pinyin]

     Further to the east lie the White Barbarians (白蠻), whose men and women use white fine cloth as clothing, however this does not descend beneath the knee.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: しょう (shō), ぞう (zō), そう (sō)
• Kun: きぬ (kinu)

Korean

Hanja

繒 • ‎(jeung) (hangeul 증, revised jeung, McCune-Reischauer chŭng, Yale cung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: tăng

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References

• Nom Foundation