winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to
繰 centers on circular or repetitive motion involving thread or pages: winding, reeling, spinning, and turning pages. The lookup sense extends from flipping through pages to find something.
繰 combines 糸 (thread) with 喿, which likely contributes the sound and relates to the idea of winding or reeling thread. The modern form is consistent with this phono-semantic structure.
The left side is thread 糸, and the right side 喿 looks like a spool with a top and bottom and a wooden core. Picture thread being wound around a spool, then imagine turning pages as if they were wound on a scroll.
For ソウ, imagine sewing thread onto a spool: sew -> ソウ, and the thread winds around neatly.
repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain; cycle
to repeat; to do over again
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope)
upward move; advance
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
fundraising; financing; cash flow
postponement; deferment; moving down
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to reel in
carry-over (of a balance, annual leave, etc.); carrying over; bringing forward; carrying forward; transfer
reeling in by hand; winding by hand; spinning by hand
postponement
(in) turn(s); (in) order
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly and flirt with each other
to have a secret affair; to meet secretly and flirt with each other
incorrect assignment (e.g. entering against the wrong account, delivering to the wrong location)
to arrange; to manage
reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature
to reel in; to haul in