缱
usually seen in: (literary) in love and inseparable (缱绻)
Closest English meanings
deeply attached·reluctant to part
The Calligrapher — Dǒng Qíchāng 董其昌
Late-Ming theorist and running-script master who shaped later taste.
Ming calligrapher (1555–1636), master of running script/regular script — late-Ming connoisseur-critic of understated, misty elegance. Ming dynasty
Cultural Story
缱 exists almost only in 缱绻, a doubled word for attachment that will not let go. Early and medieval verse used it for devoted service, lovers lingering at parting, and friends who cannot say goodbye — feeling wound tight as cord, tender and unresolving. It is the literary register of reluctance itself.
Common words & phrases
- 缱绻 deeply attached · tenderly affectionate
Read the story behind the character
The word belongs to romance now: drama titles, ballads, and web novels promise a 缱绻 (deeply attached, tenderly affectionate) love story, and fans comment 缱绻 under clips of a long farewell scene at the airport. Greeting-card brands borrow it for the softest lines they print — attachment rendered in its most literary form.
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