How to write 缢

缢 縊 yì 〈动〉 【本义】: 吊死 (To hang) 【造字法】: 形声。从糸( mì)，益声。从糸，与丝绳有关。 1. 同本义 (To hang) 吊死，用绳子勒死：～杀。自～。 (To be hanged, to die by strangulation: strangle oneself.) 2. 用绳子勒颈绝气而死 (To strangle) 吊死，用绳子勒死： (To be hanged, to die by strangulation.) 【引】 1. 《说文》：缢，绞也。段注：“绞缢必两股辫为之。…缢死必两股为之，以其直悬也，故亦谓之经。” (In "Shuowen," it says: "Yì means to strangle." Commentary: "Strangulation must be done with two strands… to die by strangulation must use two strands, because it hangs straight, hence it is also called 'jing'.") 2. 《左传·宣公十四年》：十四年春，孔达缢而死。 (In "The Zuo Tradition" of Duke Xuan’s fourteenth year: "In the spring of the fourteenth year, Kong Da hanged himself to death.") 3. 《左传·桓公十三年》：莫敖缢于荒谷。 (In "The Zuo Tradition" of Duke Huan’s thirteenth year: "Mo Ao hanged himself in the wilderness.") 4. 《玉台新咏·古诗为焦仲卿妻作》：自缢于庭树。 (In "Yutai Xinyong" a poem for the wife of Jiao Zhongqing: "She hanged herself from the garden tree.") 例: 又如:缢死 (to die by hanging, using a rope, fabric, etc., looped around the neck and hung in a high place); 缢鬼 (the ghost of a person who hanged themselves). 3. 缢杀 (To strangle someone) 用绳子勒颈绝气而死。 【引】 1. 《左传·昭公元年》：缢而弑之。 (In "The Zuo Tradition" of Duke Zhao's first year: "He was strangled and then killed.") 2. 清·方苞《狱中杂记》：缢即气绝。 (In "Miscellaneous Records from the Prison" by Fang Bao of the Qing Dynasty: "Yì means to lose breath.") 3. 缢加别械。 (Strangulation added to other devices.) 例: 又如:缢杀 (to strangle someone to death).