| 綢 | |||
| silk cloth, satin damask | |||
| Radical | 糸糹纟 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 8 | Total Strokes | 14 |
| Mandarin reading |
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Cantonese reading | cau4 |
| Japanese on reading | chuu tou | Japanese kun reading | matou |
| Korean reading | cwu to | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 绸 | ||
| Semantic Variant(s) | 紬 | ||
| 綢 | [ choú ] (light) silk, CL:匹[pi3] |
| 綢子 | [ choú zi ] silk fabric, silk, CL:匹[pi3] |
| 綢緞 | [ choú duàn ] satin, silk fabric |
| 綢繆 | [ choú moú ] to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth |
| ⇒ 塔夫綢 | [ tǎ fū choú ] taffeta |
| ⇒ 府綢 | [ fǔ choú ] poplin (cotton cloth used for shirts) |
| ⇒ 未雨綢繆 | [ weì yǔ choú moú ] lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经); fig. to plan ahead, to prepare for a rainy day |
| ⇒ 絲綢 | [ sī choú ] silk cloth, silk |
| ⇒ 絲綢之路 | [ sī choú zhī lù ] the Silk Road |
| ⇒ 絲綢古路 | [ sī choú gǔ lù ] the ancient Silk Road, see also 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] |
| ⇒ 絲綢織物 | [ sī choú zhī wù ] silk fabric |
| ⇒ 綿綢 | [ mián choú ] rough-textured fabric of waste silk |
| ⇒ 薄綢 | [ baó choú ] light silk, silk chiffon |