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缰

jiāng

Character Traditional 韁

What 缰 means

1. bridle
2. reins
3. halter

Other readings

缰 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jiāngvariant of {缰|jiāng}

Words starting with 缰

• 缰绳jiāng shéngreins

Words containing 缰

• 脱缰tuō jiāng(of a horse etc) to break free from the reins; (fig.) to become unconstrained
• 名缰利锁míng jiāng lì suǒ(idiom) the shackles of fame and fortune
• 脱缰之马tuō jiāng zhī mǎlit. a horse that has thrown off the reins (idiom); runaway horse; out of control
• 脱缰野马tuō jiāng yě mǎa wild horse that refuses to be bridled (a metaphor for sth that runs wild)

Characters built on 畺

These share the phonetic component 畺 (jiāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 疆jiāngborder; boundary
• 僵jiāngrigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
• 礓jiānga small stone

Characters that look like 缰

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 燔fánburn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 檀tánsandalwood; hardwood; purple-red
• 撸lū(dialect) to grasp (sth long or cylindrical) and slide the hand up or down…
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 槿jǐnHibiscus syriacus; transient
• 璞púunpolished gem

Sounds the same

Read jiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 将will; shall; to use
• 江river
• 疆border; boundary
• 僵rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
• 姜ginger
• 浆thick liquid; to starch
• 矼stone bridge
• 豇used in 豇豆
• 茳used in 茳芏
• 礓a small stone
• 橿Quercus glauca
• 螀cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)