绞

to twist (strands into a thread); to entangle; to wring; to hang (by the neck); to turn; to wind; classifier for skeins of yarn

9 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,302 U+7EDE

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 交 (phonetic, jiāo)

components: 纟交

wring · Heisig RSH #2394

thread + 交 mingle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 交

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 交 (jiāo) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
交 sound component	jiāo	to connect; to deliver, to exchange; to intersect; to mix
校	xiào	school; military field officer
效	xiào	result, effect; effective
咬	yǎo	to bite, to gnaw
较	jiào	to compare; relatively; more
郊	jiāo	suburbs, outskirts; wasteland, open space
饺	jiǎo	stuffed dumplings
狡	jiǎo	cunning, deceitful, treacherous
皎	jiǎo	white; bright, brilliant; clear
鲛	jiāo	shark
跤	jiāo	to tumble, to fall; to wrestle
蛟	jiāo	a legendary scaled dragon
佼	jiǎo	beautiful, handsome, good-looking
姣	jiāo	beautiful, handsome, pretty
洨	xiáo	a river in Hebei province
茭	jiāo	an edible aquatic grass; Zizania aquatica

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
心如刀绞	xīn rú dāo jiǎo	to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom)
绞肉机	jiǎo ròu jī	meat grinder
双绞线	shuāng jiǎo xiàn	twisted pair (cabling)
腹部绞痛	fù bù jiǎo tòng	abdominal cramping
心绞痛	xīn jiǎo tòng	angina
胆石绞痛	dǎn shí jiǎo tòng	gallstone colic
绞车	jiǎo chē	winch; windlass
绞尽脑汁	jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī	to rack one's brains
绞股蓝	jiǎo gǔ lán	jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
绞死	jiǎo sǐ	to hang (i.e. execute by hanging); to strangle
绞刑架	jiǎo xíng jià	gibbet; hanging post
绞肉	jiǎo ròu	minced meat
绞盘	jiǎo pán	capstan
绞刀	jiǎo dāo	reamer
绞杀	jiǎo shā	to kill by strangling, hanging or garrotting; (fig.) to snuff out
绞脑汁	jiǎo nǎo zhī	to rack one's brains
绞索	jiǎo suǒ	a noose for hanging criminals
绞架	jiǎo jià	gallows; gibbet
绞痛	jiǎo tòng	sharp pain; cramp; griping pain; colic; angina, cf 心絞痛\|心绞痛
绞刑	jiǎo xíng	to execute by hanging