髓

See also: 膸

Translingual

Han character

髓 (radical 188 骨+13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜大月 (BBYKB), four-corner 7423₂, composition ⿰骨遀)

1. bone marrow
2. essences, substances

References

• KangXi: page 1451, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45289
• Dae Jaweon: page 1977, character 41
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4418, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9AD3

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		髓

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǐ (sui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): chhóe / chhé

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: suǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˇ
    • Wade-Giles: sui³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soei
    • IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi⁵
    • Yale: séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soei⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhóe / chhé
    • Tâi-lô: tshué / tshé
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰue⁴¹/, /t͡sʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰue⁵³/, /t͡sʰe⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (髓, reconstructed)
Character (髓), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 支 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 息委切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/siuᴇX/	/swie̯X/	/siueX/	/sʷiɛX/	/swiə̆X/	/sǐweX/	/sjuɛX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (髓, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
髓								suǐ								‹ sjweX ›								/*s-lojʔ/								marrow
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
髓					5433					隓					歌					3					髓					/*slolʔ/

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Japanese

Kanji

髓

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: ずい (zui), すい (sui)
• Kun: ずい (zui)

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Korean

Hanja

髓 (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune-Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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