缝
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seam; crack; narrow slit; CL:道[dao4]
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,387 U+7F1D
How 缝 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 逢 (phonetic, féng)
How to remember it
sew · Heisig RSH #2585
thread + 逢 chance upon
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 逢
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 逢 (féng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逢 sound component | féng | to happen to meet; chance meeting, coincidence |
| 蓬 | péng | disheveled, unkempt; a type of raspberry |
| 篷 | péng | awning, covering; sail, tarp; boat |
Words containing 缝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天衣无缝 | tiān yī wú fèng | lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom); fig. flawless |
| 缝衣工人 | féng yī gōng rén | needleworker |
| 金头缝叶莺 | jīn tóu fèng yè yīng | (bird species of China) mountain tailorbird (Phyllergates cuculatus) |
| 无缝连接 | wú fèng lián jiē | seamless connection |
| 长尾缝叶莺 | cháng wěi féng yè yīng | (bird species of China) common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) |
| 缝合带 | fèng hé dài | suture zone (geology) |
| 衣服缝边 | yī fú fèng biān | hem |
| 牙缝儿 | yá fèng r | gap between teeth |
| 黑喉缝叶莺 | hēi hóu féng yè yīng | (bird species of China) dark-necked tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis) |
| 缝子 | fèng zi | crack; chink; narrow slit; crevice |
| 中缝 | zhōng fèng | vertical space in a newspaper between two attached pages; vertical line on the back of clo… |
| 无缝 | wú fèng | seamless |
| 手缝 | shǒu féng | to sew by hand; hand-sewn |
| 分缝 | fēn fèng | part (in one's hair) |
| 门缝 | mén fèng | slight gap between a door and its frame |
| 合缝 | hé fèng | (of doors, windows etc) to fit snugly when closed; to close nicely |
| 缝合 | féng hé | to sew together; suture (in surgery); to sew up (a wound) |
| 缝线 | féng xiàn | sewing thread; suture |
| 严丝合缝 | yán sī hé fèng | (idiom) to fit together snugly; to dovetail perfectly |
| 缝制 | féng zhì | to sew; to make (clothes, bedding) |