絞	1445B40   93B.82-6	部居	畫數  12	ㄐㄧㄠˇ [jiao3] .
V	(1)  To twist, entwine, interweave: 絞盤 [jiao3pan2]↓; 絞臉 [jiao3lian3]↓; 心痛如絞 have an excruciating pain in the chest; 絞緊 (of ropes of threads) to wind tight. (2)  Strangle to death: 絞刑 [jiao3xing2]↓; 絞死，絞決 put (criminal) to death by strangulation; 絞立決 such punishment to be carried out as soon as the sentence was handed down; 絞監候 formerly, such punishment not to be carried out pending imperial review.
Words	1.絞臉 [jiao3lian3], v.i., (formerly, of women) remove fine hair from face by the interweaving action of two threads held close to the skin.  2.絞盤 [jiao2pan2], n., a capstan, a windlass.  3.絞刑 [jiao3xing2], v.t. & n., (put to death by) strangulation.