绞 (jiǎo): to twist (strands into a thread), to entangle, to wring
绞 (jiǎo) is a Chinese character meaning “to twist (strands into a thread).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 纟 (semantic) and 交 (phonetic). It ranks #2542 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 绞 thread. Its radical form 纟 (silk) appears in many related characters such as 系 (xì, to connect), 累 (lěi, to accumulate), 绍 (shào, to continue).
Definitions
- to twist (strands into a thread)
- to entangle
- to wring
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 绞死 | jiǎo sǐ | to hang (i.e. execute by hanging) |
| 绞刑 | jiǎo xíng | to execute by hanging |
| 绞尽脑汁 | jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī | to rack one's brains |
| 绞盘 | jiǎo pán | capstan |
| 绞刑架 | jiǎo xíng jià | gibbet |
| 心绞痛 | xīn jiǎo tòng | angina |
| 绞架 | jiǎo jià | gallows |
| 绞杀 | jiǎo shā | to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting |
| 绞痛 | jiǎo tòng | sharp pain |
| 绞索 | jiǎo suǒ | a noose for hanging criminals |
| 绞肉机 | jiǎo ròu jī | meat grinder |
| 双绞线 | shuāng jiǎo xiàn | twisted pair (cabling) |
| 绞车 | jiǎo chē | winch |
| 心如刀绞 | xīn rú dāo jiǎo | to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) |
| 腹部绞痛 | fù bù jiǎo tòng | abdominal cramping |
绞 appears in 23 compound words: 74 as the first character, 9 as the last, and 17 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 绞 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
绞字的写法很特别,让我印象深刻。
jiǎo zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character "绞" is written is quite unique and left a deep impression on me.
外包人员发送的图片包括药片、刀具、绞索等。
wài bāo rén yuán fā sòng de tú piàn bāo kuò yào piàn , dāo jù , jiǎo suǒ děng .
The images sent by the contractor included pills, knives, nooses, and other items.
水温过低则会导致血管收缩、血压上升,造成心肌供血不足,进而可能引发心绞痛等问题。
shuǐ wēn guò dī zé huì dǎo zhì xiě guǎn shōu suō , xiě yā shàng shēng , zào chéng xīn jī gōng xiě bù zú , jìn ér kě néng yǐn fā xīn jiǎo tòng děng wèn tí .
If the water temperature is too low, it can cause blood vessels to constrict and blood pressure to rise, leading to insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle, which in turn may trigger problems such as angina.
马鞍山市消防救援局秀山特勤站指导员 宋雄弢: 首先这种双绞线里面的导丝是比较细的。
mǎ 鞍 shān shì xiāo fáng jiù yuán jú xiù shān tè qín zhàn zhǐ dǎo yuán sòng xióng 弢 : shǒu xiān zhè zhǒng shuāng jiǎo xiàn lǐ miàn de dǎo sī shì bǐ jiào xì de .
Song Xiongtao, Instructor at the Xiushan Special Operations Station of the Ma'anshan Municipal Fire and Rescue Bureau: First of all, the conductors inside this twisted-pair cable are relatively thin.
把皮克斯跳跳灯搬进现实 凌晨三点的书房,绞尽脑汁也没想出好方案。
bǎ pí kè sī tiào tiào dēng bān jìn xiàn shí líng chén sān diǎn de shū fáng , jiǎo jǐn nǎo zhī yě méi xiǎng chū hǎo fāng àn .
Bringing the Pixar Lamp to Life: It was 3 a.m. in my study, and no matter how hard I racked my brain, I just couldn’t come up with a good solution.
他因谋杀罪被绞死。
Tā yīn móushāzuì bèi jiǎosǐ.
He was hanged for murder.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 纟 (thread) component
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