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go around

HSK 10
rào
ジョウ、ニョウ
めぐ.る、まわ.る、もとう.る、まとう
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 堯 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (繞)
silk+ Yao =
go around
Meaning component
silk
糹 is a component form of 糸.
Phonetic component
Yao
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Simplified (绕)
Meaning component
silk 🇨🇳
silk
纟 is a component form of 糸.
Phonetic component
yáo legendary
a legendary ancient emperor-sage
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
/ [rào]
to wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around; to spiral; to move around; to go round (an obstacle); to by-pass; to make a detour; to confuse; to perplex
Japanese
にょう 同音
noun usually kana kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical (e.g. 道, 起)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
あやめ
Ayame unclassified name
きくとじ
Kikutoji unclassified name
くくり
Kukuri unclassified name
こうけつ
Kōketsu unclassified name
はなぶさ
Hanabusa unclassified name