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缭 is a phonosemantic compound composed of the silk radical 纟 (simplified from 糹), which signals the semantic field, and the phonetic element 尞. It is the simplified version of the traditional 繚. The character first appeared in the vocabulary of textile work, where it referred to the winding, binding, or tangling of silk threads to stitch them into a cohesive fabric. This physical sense of intertwining later extended metaphorically to describe curling smoke, winding paths, and complicated situations, anything that seems twisted or entangled, mirroring the way silk strands can overlap chaotically. Today, 缭 retains this dual capacity, applying both to literal threads and to figurative entanglements.
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烟雾缭绕在山峰。
她的长发缭绕颈间。
问题缭乱难以解决。
歌声缭绕在剧院里。
缭纠的藤蔓爬满墙。
他的解释让人思绪缭乱。
清晨的雾气缭绕湖面。
复杂的关系缭乱如麻。
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