绞 jiǎo intertwined
intertwined; to twist; to wring; to entangle; to hang
怎么记住“绞”: 纟 silk + 交 hand over = intertwined. Two friends twist red and blue silk into bracelets, each hands over her own to the other, and they walk home with their colours intertwined.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
绞 = 纟 silk + 交 hand over
- 纟 silk meaning
- 交 hand over sound
- 亠 lid
- 父 father
Two friends twist red and blue silk into bracelets, each hands over her own to the other, and they walk home with their colours intertwined.
How it came to be
Silk gives the meaning and the right part the sound; the word first meant to strangle.
用法
- To twist/wring/entangle, and to hang: 绞尽脑汁 (jiǎojìn-nǎozhī) to rack one's brains, 绞肉机 (jiǎoròujī) a meat grinder, 绞刑 (jiǎoxíng) death by hanging.
- 绞痛 (jiǎotòng) means a griping, wringing pain; 心绞痛 (xīnjiǎotòng) is angina.