绦 (tāo): silk braid; cord; sash

Meanings

1 silk braid; cord; sash

Characters

绦

tāo

silk braid; cord

Examples

HSK 7-9

她的袍子腰间系着一条绿绦。

Tā de páozi yāojiān jì zhe yī tiáo lǜ tāo.

A green silk sash was tied at the waist of her robe.

HSK 7-9

万条垂下的柳枝像绿丝绦。

Wàn tiáo chuí xià de liǔzhī xiàng lǜ sītāo.

Lines of slender willow branches hang down like green silk cords.

Tips

usage

绦 is a woven silk cord or sash used to decorate clothing, as in 丝绦 (silk braid). It also has a rare reading 绦, used only in the textile term 绦纶 (a polyester fibre).

Components

radical

纟 sī

silk; thread (radical form)

Left-side silk radical, the side form of 糸. It directly names the material: 绦 is a cord woven from silk thread.

phonetic

条 tiáo

strip; long thin thing

Right side 条 is the phonetic element; the sound has shifted from tiáo to tāo. Its meaning of a long thin strip also fits a length of cord nicely.

Stroke Order

绦 tāo

Related Words

万条垂下绿丝绦 wàn tiáo chuíxià lǜ sī tāo

ten thousand branches hang down like green silk ribbons / the canonical image of spring willows / ten-thousand strands hang down, green silk ribbons

牛带绦虫 niúdàitāochóng

beef tapeworm (Taenia saginata)

绦虫 tāochóng #31,245

tapeworm

吐 tǔ HSK 5 #1,458

to spit / to send out (silk, cotton bolls) / to say; to utter / to pour out (grievances)

丝绸 sīchóu HSK 7-9 #10,015

raw silk / plain / vegetarian / element

绳子 shéngzi HSK 7-9 #2,870

rope / cord / string

丝 sī HSK 7-9 #1,472

silk; thread; fiber / a tiny amount; a trace

编 biān HSK 4 #1,436

to compile; to edit / to compose; to write / to weave; to braid