繯

简 缳 · 繁 繯
Mandarin · pinyin huán

Meanings

  1. to bind
  2. to tie
  3. lace
  4. noose (for suicide)
  5. hangman's noose
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繯
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缳
huán · noose; hang death; tie, bind
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2 · huan2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jyun6 · waan4 · waan6

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  1. noose; loop of rope
  2. to strangle; to choke; to hang
  3. (obsolete) knot tied on a flag

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