綢 (chóu)

silk fabric

How 綢 is written

Strokes
14
Radical
糹 — silk
Traditional
綢
Simplified
绸

Components

Common words using 綢

未雨綢繆 wèiyǔchóumóu
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 sīchóu
silk cloth; silk
絲綢之路 sīchóuzhīlù
the Silk Road
綢緞 chóuduàn
satin; silk fabric
綢繆 chóumóu
to be sentimentally attached to sb or sth
綢子 chóuzi
silk fabric; silk; CL:匹[pi3]

綢 in a sentence

這條絲綢圍巾的質感很好。

Zhè tiáo sīchóu wéijīn de zhìgǎn hěn hǎo.

“The texture of this silk scarf is very good.”

How common is 綢?

綢 is the 2,629th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 98.7% of all running text.

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