綾

See also: 绫

綾 U+7DBE, 綾 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DBE ← 綽 [U+7DBD] CJK Unified Ideographs 綿 → [U+7DBF]

綾 U+F957, 綾 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F957 ← 稜 [U+F956] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 菱 → [U+F958]

Translingual

Han character

綾 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火土金水 (VFGCE), four-corner 2494₇, composition ⿰糹夌)

Derived characters

• 𣍚

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27591
• Dae Jaweon: page 1366, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3409, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7DBE

• Unihan data for U+F957

Chinese

trad.		綾
simp.		绫

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 綾
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (夌) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
棱	*rɯːŋ
稜	*rɯːŋ
輘	*rɯːŋ
倰	*rɯːŋ
祾	*rɯːŋ, *rɯŋ
踜	*rɯːŋs
凌	*rɯŋ
菱	*rɯŋ
陵	*rɯŋ
綾	*rɯŋ
鯪	*rɯŋ
淩	*rɯŋ
夌	*rɯŋ
蔆	*rɯŋ
崚	*rɯŋ
掕	*rɯŋ
𩜁	*rɯŋs
庱	*r̥ʰɯŋ, *r̥ʰɯŋʔ
睖	*r̥ʰɯŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rɯŋ): semantic 糸 + phonetic 夌 (OC *rɯŋ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): líng (ling²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ling⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lîn / lêng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶lin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: líng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: líng
    • Wade–Giles: ling²
    • Yale: líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ling
    • Palladius: лин (lin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ling⁴
    • Yale: lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lîn / lêng
    • Tâi-lô: lîn / lîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liin, leeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin²⁴/, /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin²⁴/, /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin¹³/, /liɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin²⁴/, /liɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin²³/, /liɪŋ²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶lin
    • MiniDict: lin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³lin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ling

Rime
Character	綾
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	蒸 (133)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力膺切
Baxter	ling
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/lɨŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/lieŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liŋ/
Li Rong	/liəŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯əŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	líng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ling4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rɯŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綾
Reading #	1/1
No.	8247
Phonetic component	夌
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	陵
Old Chinese	/*rɯŋ/

Definitions

綾

1. a thin type of silk fabric resembling satin; damask

   • 精者為紡絲綾，亦織為錦及絹。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     精者为纺丝绫，亦织为锦及绢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang Dynasty, Fan Chuo, Manshu, chapter 7, part 2

     Jīng zhě wéi fǎng sī líng, yì zhī wéi jǐn jí juàn. [Pinyin]

     The fine ones are used for making silk and damask, and also woven into brocade and thin, tough silk.

Compounds

• 砑綾 / 砑绫
• 綾機 / 绫机
• 綾羅 / 绫罗
• 綾羅綢緞 / 绫罗绸缎 (língluóchóuduàn)
• 綾襪 / 绫袜
• 綾錦 / 绫锦
• 繒綾 / 缯绫

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 綾

綾

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りよう (ryou, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りよう (ryou, historical)}
• Tō-on: りん (rin)
• Kun: あや (aya, 綾)
• Nanori: あや (aya)

Compounds

• 綾(りょう)紈(がん) (ryōgan)
• 綾(りょう)綺(き) (ryōki)
• 綾(りょう)羅(ら) (ryōra)
• 綾(りん)子(ず) (rinzu) (綸(りん)子(ず))

Definitions

Kanji in this term
綾
あや Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 綾 – see the following entry.

【文あや】1 [noun] 紋, 綾: a pattern, a design, especially one with diagonally crossing lines [noun] 紋, 綾: a diagonal crossing [noun] 紋, 綾: a flowery expression or turn of phrase [noun] 紋, 綾: a plot, a scheme [noun] 紋, 綾: a refrain or recurring phrase in a piece of music [noun] 紋, 綾: a harder vein or grain in a leaf or piece of wood or bamboo [noun] 紋, 綾: a stain, a blemish [noun] 紋, 綾: a mediator, a go-between (apparently from the way that a go-between can make the relationship more indirect and indistinct) [noun] 紋, 綾: a small indistinct fluctuation in a trend line [noun] 綾, 絢: a kind of woven silk textile with a diagonally crossing pattern [noun] 綾, 絢: short for 綾織 (ayaori): a twill weave; someone who weaves twill [noun] 綾, 絢: short for 綾竹 (ayadake): in a loom, a bamboo pole placed between the heddle and the back beam or platen, used to improve the handling [noun] 綾, 絢: short for 綾取り (ayatori): cat's cradle Alternative spellings 紋, 絢

(This term, 綾, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

綾 • (reung>neung) (hangeul 릉>능, revised reung>neung, McCune–Reischauer rŭng>nŭng, Yale lung>nung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

綾: Hán Nôm readings: trăng

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