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U+5F90, 徐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F90

[U+5F8F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5F91]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 60, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹人人一木 (HOOMD), four-corner 28294, composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 367, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10110
  • Dae Jaweon: page 690, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 825, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5F90

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lja): semantic (walk slowly) + phonetic (OC *la)

Pronunciation[edit]


Note:
  • Xiamen, Zhangzhou:
    • chhî - vernacular (including surname);
    • sû/sî - literary.
  • Quanzhou:
    • chhî - vernacular;
    • sîr - literary (including surname).
  • (Teochew)
  • Wu
  • Xiang

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /ɕy³⁵/
    Harbin /ɕy²⁴/
    Tianjin /ɕy⁴⁵/
    Jinan /ɕy⁴²/
    Qingdao /sy⁴²/
    Zhengzhou /sy⁴²/
    Xi'an /ɕy²⁴/
    Xining /ɕy²⁴/
    Yinchuan /ɕy⁵³/
    Lanzhou /ɕy⁵³/
    Ürümqi /ɕy⁵¹/
    Wuhan /ɕy²¹³/
    Chengdu /ɕy³¹/
    Guiyang /ɕi²¹/
    Kunming /ɕi³¹/
    Nanjing /t͡sʰy²⁴/
    Hefei /sz̩ʷ⁵⁵/
    Jin Taiyuan /ɕy¹¹/
    Pingyao /ɕy¹³/
    Hohhot /ɕy³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /ʑi²³/
    Suzhou /zi¹³/
    Hangzhou /d͡zz̩ʷ²¹³/
    Wenzhou /zei³¹/
    Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰy⁴⁴/
    Tunxi /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /si¹³/
    Xiangtan /ɕy¹²/
    Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰy²⁴/
    Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰi¹¹/
    Taoyuan /t͡sʰi¹¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰøy²¹/
    Nanning /t͡sʰy²¹/
    Hong Kong /t͡sʰøy²¹/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /su³⁵/
    /t͡sʰi³⁵/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /sy⁵³/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡sy²¹/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /si³¹/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (17)
    Final () (22)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter zjo
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /zɨʌ/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /ziɔ/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /ziɔ/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /zɨə̆/
    Li
    Rong
    /ziɔ/
    Wang
    Li
    /zĭo/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /zi̯wo/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    ceoi4
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    Middle
    Chinese
    ‹ zjo ›
    Old
    Chinese
    /*sə.la/
    English walk slowly

    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 15782
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*lja/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. slowly; quietly; calmly
    2. composed; poised
    3. Short for 徐州 (Xúzhōu, “Xuzhou”).
    4. a surname
        ―  Xiákè  ―  Xu Xiake (Ming dynasty travel writer)

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    • English: Xu, Hsu, Chui, Tsui, Zee, Chee

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (common “Jōyō” kanji)

    1. slow, gradual

    Readings[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Hanja[edit]

    (eumhun 천천히 (cheoncheonhi seo))

    1. slow
    2. a surname

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    : Hán Nôm readings: từ

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