Chinese character 缏

It names textile work; context picks the sense.

The traditional form 緶 appears in Chu manuscript material before its entry in Shuowen, an early Chinese dictionary. Shuowen glosses it as plaiting two hemp strands and, in another gloss, sewing a garment. Both meanings involve working fibers or cloth.

Mandarin pinyin, a system for spelling Mandarin sounds with Latin letters, gives biàn (roughly “byenn,” with a falling tone) for braiding or a braid-like strip. Pián (roughly “pyenn,” with a rising tone) is a dialect word for stitching or joining edges.

Someone sent me 缏—what does it mean?

One character alone does not settle its reading.

A Zhengzhou dialect entry, checked in 2026, records 缏 as a verb for rolling up sleeves or trouser legs.

Elsewhere, nearby words distinguish braiding, a braided strip, and dialectal sewing. If it arrived alone, ask for the surrounding sentence.