翠
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See also: 翆
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
翠 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸一卜人十 (SMYOJ), four-corner 17408, composition ⿱羽卒)
Derived characters[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 957, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28732
- Dae Jaweon: page 1403, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3350, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7FE0
Chinese[edit]
trad. | 翠 | |
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simp. # | 翠 | |
2nd round simp. | 翆 | |
alternative forms | 翆 |
Glyph origin[edit]
Historical forms of the character 翠 | ||
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Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
Old Chinese | |
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晬 | *ʔsuːds |
祽 | *ʔsuːds |
綷 | *ʔsuːds |
淬 | *sʰuːds |
啐 | *sʰuːds, *suːds, *sʰroːds, *ʔsud |
倅 | *sʰuːds, *ʔsuːd |
焠 | *sʰuːds |
碎 | *suːds |
誶 | *suːds, *suds, *zud |
濢 | *ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds |
噿 | *ʔslulʔ |
臎 | *ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds |
醉 | *ʔsuds |
翠 | *sʰuds |
悴 | *zuds |
萃 | *zuds |
瘁 | *zuds |
顇 | *zuds |
粹 | *suds |
睟 | *suds |
賥 | *suds |
卒 | *ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud |
稡 | *ʔsuːd |
猝 | *sʰuːd |
椊 | *zuːd |
捽 | *zuːd, *zud |
崪 | *zuːd |
窣 | *suːd |
崒 | *zud |
踤 | *zud |
錊 | *ʔsuːɡ |
Etymology[edit]
From 淬 (OC *sʰuːds, “to dip into liquid, to plunge, to temper, to dye, etc.”), as kingfishers dive underwater to catch fish (Schuessler, 2007).
The "blue-green, cyan" > "bright" senses are because of the kingfishers' plumages.
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
翠
- kingfisher, especially a cyan or blue one
- kingfisher feathers
- green jade; jadeite
- blue-green; cyan
- bright; distinct
Compounds[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Shinjitai | 翠 | |
Kyūjitai [1][2][3] |
翠󠄁 翠+ 󠄁 ?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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翠󠄄 翠+ 󠄄 ?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji[edit]
翠
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: すい (sui)←すい (sui, historical)
- Kan-on: すい (sui)←すい (sui, historical)
- Kun: かわせみ (kawasemi, 翠); みどり (midori, 翠)
- Nanori: あきら (akira)
Alternative forms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
- 翠雨 (suiu)
- 翠影 (suiei)
- 翠煙, 翠烟 (suien)
- 翠花, 翠華 (suika)
- 翠霞 (suika)
- 翠蓋 (suigai)
- 翠玉 (suigyoku)
- 翠袖紅裙 (suishū kōkun)
- 翠松 (suishō)
- 翠色 (suishoku)
- 翠苔 (suitai)
- 翠黛 (suitai)
- 翠帳 (suichō)
- 翠眉 (suibi)
- 翠微 (suibi)
- 翠嵐 (suiran)
- 翠巒 (suiran)
- 翠柳 (suiryū)
- 翠緑 (suiryoku)
- 翠嶺 (suirei)
- 翠簾 (suiren)
- 翠楼 (suirō)
- 空翠 (kūsui)
- 松翠 (shōsui)
- 青翠 (seisui)
- 積翠 (sekisui)
- 蒼翠 (sōsui)
- 暖翠 (dansui)
- 晩翠 (bansui)
- 翡翠 (hisui)
- 幽翠 (yūsui)
- 嵐翠 (ransui)
- 偎紅倚翠 (waikō isui)
Noun[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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翠 |
みどり Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 翠 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 翠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Proper noun[edit]
Kanji in this term |
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翠 |
みどり Jinmeiyō |
kun’yomi |
- a female given name
References[edit]
- ^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “翠”, in 字通 (Jitsū)[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, , page 1715 (paper), page 909 (digital)
- ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, , page 971 (paper), page 498 (digital)
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
翠 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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