梳

梳 U+68B3, 梳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68B3 ← 梲 [U+68B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 梴 → [U+68B4]

Translingual

Han character

梳 (radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木卜戈山 (DYIU), four-corner 4091₃, composition ⿰木㐬)

References

• KangXi: page 531, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14886
• Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1219, character 6
• Unihan data for U+68B3

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		梳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疋) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
疋	*ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ
蝑	*sŋas, *sŋa
壻	*sŋeːs
婿	*sŋeːs
胥	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
稰	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
楈	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
諝	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
湑	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
揟	*sŋa
醑	*sŋaʔ
糈	*sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ
楚	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras
礎	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
憷	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
齼	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
濋	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
儊	*sŋ̊ʰras
綀	*sŋra
疎	*sŋra
疏	*sŋra, *sŋras
蔬	*sŋra
梳	*sŋra

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sŋra): semantic 木 + abbreviated phonetic 疏 (OC *sŋra, *sŋras).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shū (shu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): so͘ / soe / se

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: shu1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: so¹
    • Yale: sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
    • Tâi-lô: soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe
    • Tâi-lô: sue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soef
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se
    • Tâi-lô: se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴/

Note:

• so͘ - literary;
• soe/se - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: siu¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɨʌ/

Rime
Character	梳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所葅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ʃiɔ/
Wang Li	/ʃĭo/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shū

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋra/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	梳
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū
Middle Chinese	‹ srjo ›
Old Chinese	/*sra/
English	comb
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	梳
Reading #	1/1
No.	11792
Phonetic component	疋
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sŋra/

Definitions

梳

1. comb (Classifier: 把 c)
2. brush

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 梳子 (“comb”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		梳子
Mandarin	Beijing	攏子
	Taiwan	梳子
	Harbin	梳子
	Jinan	梳子, 攏子
	Muping	梳
	Luoyang	梳子
	Wanrong	梳子, 木梳 wooden
	Xi'an	梳子, 木梳 wooden
	Xining	梳子
	Xuzhou	梳子
	Yinchuan	木梳 wooden, 梳子
	Ürümqi	攏子, 梳子
	Wuhan	梳子
	Chengdu	梳子, 木梳
	Guiyang	梳子, 木梳
	Liuzhou	梳子
	Yangzhou	梳子
	Nanjing	梳子
	Hefei	梳子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	木梳, 木梳子, 木梳兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	梳
	Hong Kong	梳
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	梳
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	梳仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	梳仔
	Dongguan	梳
	Yangjiang	梳仔, 掠仔
	Kuala Lumpur	梳
Gan	Nanchang	梳子
	Lichuan	梳子
	Pingxiang	梳子
Hakka	Meixian	梳仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	梳兒
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	梳哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	梳哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	梳哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	梳哩
	Jiexi	梳
	Luhe	梳仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	梳仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	梳仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	梳仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	梳
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	梳仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	梳
	Hong Kong	梳仔
	Sabah (Longchuan)	梳仔
	Kuala Lumpur	梳
	Senai	梳仔
	Batu Kawa (Sungai Tapang)	梳
Huizhou	Jixi	梳
Jin	Taiyuan	梳子, 木梳 wooden
	Xinzhou	梳子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	頭梳, 頭梳仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	頭梳, 梳
	Lianjiang	頭梳
Min Nan	Xiamen	捋仔, 梳, 梳仔, 柴梳 wooden
	Quanzhou	捋仔, 梳, 梳仔
	Zhangzhou	捋仔, 梳, 梳仔, 捎梳
	Taipei	捋仔, 柴梳
	Kaohsiung	捋仔, 柴梳
	Tainan	捋仔, 柴梳
	Taichung	捋仔 small, 柴梳 large
	Hsinchu	捋仔, 柴梳
	Lukang	捋仔, 柴梳
	Sanxia	捋仔, 柴梳
	Yilan	捋仔, 柴梳
	Kinmen	捋仔
	Magong	捋仔, 頭梳
	Penang (Hokkien)	柴梳
	Chaozhou	梳囝
	Jieyang	梳
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	梳
	Haikou	梳
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	梳
Wu	Shanghai	木梳 wooden
	Chongming	木梳 wooden
	Suzhou	木梳 wooden
	Danyang	梳子
	Hangzhou	木梳 wooden
	Ningbo	梳, 木梳
	Wenzhou	頭梳
Xiang	Changsha	梳子
	Shuangfeng	梳子
	Loudi	梳

Compounds

• 妝梳／妆梳
• 插梳
• 梳妝／梳妆 (shūzhuāng)
• 梳妝臺／梳妆台 (shūzhuāngtái)
• 梳子 (shūzi)
• 梳櫳／梳栊

• 梳洗 (shūxǐ)
• 梳理 (shūlǐ)
• 梳篦
• 梳裹
• 梳辮子／梳辫子 (shū biànzi)

• 梳頭／梳头 (shūtóu)
• 油木梳
• 爬梳
• 爬梳剔抉
• 過木梳／过木梳

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Japanese

Kanji

梳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょ (sho)
• Kan-on: そ (so)
• Kun: とく (toku, 梳く); とかす (tokasu, 梳かす); すく (suku, 梳く); けずる (kezuru, 梳る); くしけずる (kushikezuru, 梳る)

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Korean

Hanja

梳 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

1. comb, brush

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Vietnamese

Han character

梳 (sơ)

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