Radical and Phonetic
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Total Number of Strokes 12
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Mandarin Reading tiào diào dào
TeoChew Phonetic
Chinese Definitions
絩tiào 1.量词。称文缯丝缕的数量。《说文.纟部》:"絩,绮丝之数也。《汉律》曰:'绮丝数谓之絩,布谓之緫,绶组谓之首。'"段玉裁注:"言绮以见凡缯也。绮者,文缯也。文缯丝尚有数,则余缯可知。其若干丝为一絩,未闻。"一说同"兆"。王筠句读:"《算经》:黄帝为法,数有十等,谓亿﹑兆﹑京﹑垓﹑秭﹑壤﹑沟﹑涧﹑正﹑载。案,兆盖絩之省。丝数繁多,故谓之絩,非必果是十亿也。"
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