绦 (tāo): silk braid; cord; sash

Meanings

1 silk braid; cord; sash

Characters

绦

tāo

silk braid; cord

Examples

她的袍子腰间系着一条绿绦。

Tā de páozi yāojiān jì zhe yìtiáo lǜ tāo.

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

万条垂下的柳枝像绿丝绦。

Wàntiáo chuí xià de liǔzhī xiàng lǜ sī tāo.

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 jiǎosīpáng

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 (here phonetic)

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 / (fig.) the canonical image of spring willows / (lit.) 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