湑

湑 U+6E51, 湑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E51 ← 湐 [U+6E50] CJK Unified Ideographs 湒 → [U+6E52]

Translingual

Han character

湑 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水弓人月 (ENOB), four-corner 3712₇, composition ⿰氵胥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 636, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17829
• Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1690, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6E51

Chinese

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／形声, OC *sŋa, *sŋaʔ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 胥 (OC *sŋa, *sŋaʔ).

Etymology 1

trad.		湑
simp. #		湑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǔ (xu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi², seoi¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sú / sír / sí

  (Teochew, Peng'im): su²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsü³
    • Yale: syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi², seoi¹
    • Yale: séui, sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey², soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu², sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵/, /sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú
    • Tâi-lô: sú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír
    • Tâi-lô: sír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí
    • Tâi-lô: sí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: su²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: sjo, sjoX

Rime
Character	湑	湑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	相居切	私吕切
Baxter	sjo	sjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨʌ/	/sɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/siɔ/	/siɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/siɔ/	/siɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨə̆/	/sɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/siɔ/	/siɔX/
Wang Li	/sĭo/	/sĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯wo/	/si̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	xǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1	seoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-raʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋa/, /*sŋaʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	湑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ sjoX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-raʔ/ (dialect: *s-r- > MC s-)
English	to strain (spirits)
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	湑	湑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11771	11778
Phonetic component	疋	疋
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	胥
Old Chinese	/*sŋa/	/*sŋaʔ/

Definitions

湑

1. (literary) to strain spirits; to filter out the dregs in wine; to strain alcohol

   alt. forms: 醑

   • 有酒湑我，無酒酤我。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有酒湑我，无酒酤我。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu jiǔ xǔ wǒ, wú jiǔ gū wǒ. [Pinyin]

     If I have spirits, I strain them, do I; if I have no spirits, I buy them, do I.

2. (literary) lush; luxuriant

   • 裳裳者華，其葉湑兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     裳裳者华，其叶湑兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shangshang zhě huá, qí yè xǔ xī. [Pinyin]

     Splendid are the flowers, And the leaves are luxuriant.

3. (literary) bright; clear (of dew)

   • 蓼彼蕭斯，零露湑兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     蓼彼萧斯，零露湑兮。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Liǎo bǐ xiāo sī, línglù xǔ xī. [Pinyin]

     How long grows the southernwood, With the dew lying on it so bright!

Etymology 2

trad.		湑
simp. #		湑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù, xū (xu⁴, xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ, ㄒㄩ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su / sir / si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): su¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
    • Tâi-lô: su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir
    • Tâi-lô: sir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
    • Tâi-lô: si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: su¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: su
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su³³/

Definitions

湑

1. A river in Shaanxi

Compounds

• 湑水河

 

Japanese

Kanji

湑

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょ (sho)
• Kun: こす (kosu); きよい (kiyoi)

Korean

Hanja

湑 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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