絨

See also: 绒

絨	U+7D68, 絨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D68

← 絧
[U+7D67]

CJK Unified Ideographs

絩 →
[U+7D69]

Translingual

Han character

絨 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火戈十 (VFIJ), four-corner 2395₀, composition ⿰糹戎)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 923, character 9
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27435
Dae Jaweon: page 1358, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3389, character 8
Unihan data for U+7D68

Chinese

trad.		絨
simp.		绒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (戎) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
娀	*snuŋ
戎	*njuŋ
茙	*njuŋ
駥	*njuŋ
狨	*njuŋ
絨	*njuŋ

Etymology

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“ronto-”: Phono-semantic matching of English ronto-. Coined by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection of the Republic of China Ministry of Economic Affairs (經濟部標準檢驗局) and first published on 31 October 2023.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): róng (rong²)

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jung⁴ / jung^4-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yùng
Northern Min (KCR): ě̤ng
Eastern Min (BUC): ṳ̀ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): liông / jiông

(Teochew, Peng'im): rong⁵ / riong⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnion

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: róng
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: róng
  - Wade–Giles: jung²
  - Yale: rúng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rong
  - Palladius: жун (žun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐʊŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jung⁴ / jung^4-2
  - Yale: yùhng / yúng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jung⁴ / jung^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: yung⁴ / yung^4-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹/, /jʊŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: iung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯uŋ¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùng
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)iung^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yung²
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯uŋ¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ě̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /œyŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: ṳ̀ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /yŋ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liông
  - Tâi-lô: liông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lioong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiông
  - Tâi-lô: jiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jioong
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔŋ¹³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: rong⁵ / riong⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jông / jiông
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zoŋ⁵⁵/, /d͡zioŋ⁵⁵/

Note: riong5 - Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Huilai.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnion
  - MiniDict: nyon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyion
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲioŋ²³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 絨
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʐuŋ³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʐuŋ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʐuŋ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/luŋ⁴²/
	Qingdao	/iŋ⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʐuŋ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/vəŋ²⁴/
	Xining	/uə̃²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʐuŋ⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/və̃n⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʐuŋ⁵¹/ /vɤŋ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/ioŋ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/zoŋ³¹/
	Guiyang	/zoŋ²¹/
	Kunming	/ʐoŋ¹/
	Nanjing	/ʐoŋ²⁴/
	Hefei	/iŋ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/zuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/zuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/ʐũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵioŋ²³/
	Suzhou	/ȵioŋ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ȵioŋ²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/zoŋ³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/yʌ̃⁴⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/in⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ioŋ¹³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/in¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/iuŋ⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/iuŋ¹¹/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ʒuŋ¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/joŋ²¹/ /joŋ³⁵/
	Nanning	/juŋ²¹/
	Hong Kong	/juŋ³⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/liɔŋ³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/yŋ⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/œyŋ²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/zoŋ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/zɔŋ³¹/

Middle Chinese: nyuwng

Rime
Character	絨
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	如融切
Baxter	nyuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuwŋ/
Li Rong	/ȵiuŋ/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	róng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jung⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*njuŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絨
Reading #	1/1
No.	10853
Phonetic component	戎
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	戎
Old Chinese	/*njuŋ/
Notes	同狨

Definitions

絨

silk, cotton, or woolen fabric
velvet
[from 2023] (Taiwan) ronto- (SI unit prefix)
Synonym: 柔 (róu) (Mainland)

Compounds

呢絨／呢绒 (níróng)
天鵝絨／天鹅绒 (tiān'éróng)
栽絨／栽绒
棉花絨／棉花绒
毛絨／毛绒
毛絨絨／毛绒绒 (máoróngróng)
法蘭絨／法兰绒 (fǎlánróng)
漳絨／漳绒
火絨／火绒 (huǒróng)
燈心絨／灯心绒
石絨／石绒
絨布／绒布 (róngbù)
絨毛／绒毛 (róngmáo)
絨毬／绒球
絨毯／绒毯 (róngtǎn)
絨球／绒球 (róngqiú)
絲絨／丝绒 (sīróng)
絨線／绒线 (róngxiàn)
絨頭繩／绒头绳 (róngtóushéng)
腸絨毛／肠绒毛
艾絨／艾绒 (àiróng)
蒲絨／蒲绒
蔓綠絨／蔓绿绒
貉絨／貉绒
長毛絨／长毛绒 (chángmáoróng)
雪絨花／雪绒花
駝絨／驼绒
駱駝絨／骆驼绒
鴨絨／鸭绒
鵝絨／鹅绒
鵝絨白／鹅绒白
麗絨／丽绒

References

“絨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

絨

(Hyōgai kanji)

wool cloth

Readings

Go-on: にゅう (nyū)
Kan-on: じゅう (jū)
Kun: ねりいと (neriito, 絨)、けおり (keori, 絨)

Compounds

絨衣(じゅうい) (jūi)
絨毯(じゅうたん) (jūtan), 絨緞(じゅうたん) (jūtan): carpet, rug
絨毛(じゅうもう) (jūmō): wool
縮絨(しゅくじゅう) (shukujū)
製絨(せいじゅう) (seijū)
石絨(せきじゅう) (sekijū)
天鵞絨(てんがじゅう) (tengajū), 天鵞絨(ビロード) (birōdo): velvet

Korean

Hanja

絨 • (yung) (hangeul 융, revised yung, McCune–Reischauer yung, Yale yung)

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絨: Hán Việt readings: nhung

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SI prefix
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