| 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 | 
| 绞刀 | [ daō  ]    reamer | 
| 绞刑 | [ xíng  ]    to execute by hanging | 
| 绞刑架 | [ xíng jià  ]    gibbet, hanging post | 
| 绞扭 | [ niǔ  ]    to wring | 
| 绞架 | [ jià  ]    gallows, gibbet | 
| 绞死 | [ sǐ  ]    to hang (i.e. execute by hanging), to strangle | 
| 绞痛 | [ tòng  ]    sharp pain, cramp, griping pain, colic, angina, cf 心絞痛|心绞痛 | 
| 绞尽脑汁 | [ jìn naǒ zhī  ]    to rack one's brains | 
| 绞盘 | [ pán  ]    capstan | 
| 绞索 | [ suǒ  ]    a noose for hanging criminals | 
| 绞缢 | [ yì  ]    to be hanged, to hang oneself | 
| 绞肉 | [ roù  ]    minced meat | 
| 绞肉机 | [ roù jī  ]    meat grinder | 
| 绞股蓝 | [ gǔ lán  ]    jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum) | 
| 绞脑汁 | [ naǒ zhī  ]    to rack one's brains | 
| 绞车 | [ chē  ]    winch, windlass | 
| ⇒ 心如刀绞 | [ xīn rú daō  ]    to feel a pain like a knife being twisted in one's heart (idiom) | 
| ⇒ 心绞痛 | [ xīn tòng  ]    angina | 
| ⇒ 腹部绞痛 | [ fù bù tòng  ]    abdominal cramping | 
| ⇒ 胆石绞痛 | [ dǎn shí tòng  ]    gallstone colic | 
| ⇒ 裸绞 | [ luǒ  ]    (martial arts) rear naked choke | 
| ⇒ 双绞线 | [ shuāng xiàn  ]    twisted pair (cabling) |