絚

絚 U+7D5A, 絚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D5A ← 絙 [U+7D59] CJK Unified Ideographs 絛 → [U+7D5B]

Translingual

Han character

絚 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火一月一 (VFMBM), composition ⿰糹亙)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 922, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27416
• Dae Jaweon: page 1357, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3392, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7D5A

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 絚 – see 緪. (This character is a variant form of 緪).

Etymology 2

trad.		絚
simp.		𰬌
alternative forms		恆／恒 拫 緪 縆／𬘵 緊／紧 恆／恒 拫 緪 縆／𬘵 緊／紧 紅／红 Teochew

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): hèn

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hên²

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ân

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ang⁵

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hèn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hen^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hen²
    • Sinological IPA: /hen¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hên²
    • Sinological IPA: /hɛn¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ân
    • Tâi-lô: ân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore): /an²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /an¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /an²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: âng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

絚

1. (Hakka, Southern Min) tight
2. (Hakka, Southern Min) short of money; hard up

   我手頭絚。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   我手头𰬌。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Góa chhiú-thâu-ân. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I am short of money.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 緊 (“tight”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		緊
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	緊
	Singapore	緊
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	緊
Cantonese	Guangzhou	緊, 衡 †
	Hong Kong	緊, 衡 †
	Singapore (Guangfu)	緊
Hakka	Meixian	緊, 絚
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	絚
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	絚
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	絚
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	絚
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	絚
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	絚
Southern Min	Xiamen	絚
	Quanzhou	絚, 絚丹
	Zhangzhou	絚
	Taipei	絚 GT
	Penang (Hokkien)	絚
	Singapore (Hokkien)	絚
	Manila (Hokkien)	絚
	Chaozhou	絚
	Shantou	絚
	Jieyang	絚
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified); † - only used for pulled objects as a resultative

Derived terms

• 手頭絚 / 手头𰬌 (chhiú-thâu ân)

References

• “絚”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

絚

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): こう (kō)