The compound word **缠绕** (chán rào) is formed by combining two semantically similar characters, both containing the silk radical (**纟**), which directly hints at their shared meaning related to threads or filaments. The first character, **缠** (chán), primarily means "to wind around" or "to pester," while the second, **绕** (rào), means "to coil," "to circle," or "to go around." When paired, they create a single, reinforced concept that vividly describes the action of something—be it physical like vines or wires, or abstract like thoughts or problems—twining, entwining, and wrapping around itself or another object in a continuous, often intricate or binding manner.