Radical
Strokes
10
Residual strokes
7
Mandarin
gěng
Teochew

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Radical
Residual strokes
7 strokes
Strokes
10 strokes
Mandarin
gěng

Definitions by reading

gên2
Mandarin equivalent gěng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng gên2 Chaoyang gên2 Chenghai gên2 Jieyang gên2 Raoping gên2 Shantou gên2
绠 <名>
轮辐近轴处向外突出的部分 [spoke near axle]
绠,车轮也。――《类篇·系部》

绠 <名>
(形声。从糸),更声。本义:井绳)
同本义 [rope for drawing water]
绠,汲井索也。――《说文》
具绠缶。――《左传·襄公九年》
绠短者,不可以汲深。――《庄子·至乐》
又如:绠缶(汲水的绳索和器具);绠短绝泉(绠短汲深)
泛指绳索 [rope]。如:绠套(牲口的绳套);绠绁(绳索);绠縻(绳索)
绠短汲深
[My ability is unequal to the given task,for you cannot use a short rope to draw water from a deep weel] 拴捅的绳子很短,却要打深井
绠gěng吸水用的绳子∶~短汲深(喻才力不能胜任)
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绠bǐng 1.古时轮辐近轴处的突出部分。
潮州母语资料库
gên2
Mandarin equivalent gěng
Regional readings
19th-century Fucheng gên2 Chaoyang gên2 Chenghai gên2 Jieyang gên2 Raoping gên2 Shantou gên2
汲水用的绳子:绠短汲深(喻才力不能胜任)
潮汕十八音字典(杨扬发) - 2001

English meaning

well rope

GuangyunPhonological reconstruction

1
見母 二等 開口 庚韵 上声 古杏切
Reconstruction:
Original

井索。