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Character « 缒 »

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Character
缒
(12 stroke)
Traditional
縋
Radical
纟
(+9 stroke)
Pinyin
zhuì

Input methods

Wubi 86XWNP
Wubi 98XTNP
CangjieVMYHR
Bishun551325151454
Sijiao27137
UnicodeU+7F12

缒 (縋) zhuì

General meaning
Definitions

◎ 用绳索拴住人或物从上往下放：～城而下。

Verb

(形声。从糸( mì),追声。本义:糸在绳子上放下去)
同本义 [let down (with a rope)]

缒,以绳有所悬也。——《说文》

夜缒纳师。——《左传·襄公十九年》

子占使师夜缒而登。——《左传·昭公十九年》

[烛之武]夜缒而出。——《左传·僖公三十年》

敌兵攻城,纲身督战,募壮士缒城而下。——《宋史》
又如:缒关(从关门旁缘绳而下);缒城(由城上以绳索垂至平地,缘之而下)
拽;拉 [pull;draw]。如:缒牛(拉牛;牵牛);缒手(拉手)

Noun