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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “←→茸?”)

“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): /ɻʊŋ³⁵/
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
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liɔŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiông
  - Tâi-lô: jiông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jioong
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɔŋ¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɔŋ²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Penang): /d͡ziɔŋ²³/
- (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/
Bernhard 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 (tuóróng)
駱駝絨 / 骆驼绒 (luòtuoróng)
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 (eum 융 (yung))

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絨: Hán Việt readings: nhung

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SI prefix
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