疏

See also: 疎, 䟽, and 踈

疏 U+758F, 疏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-758F ← 疎 [U+758E] CJK Unified Ideographs 疐 → [U+7590]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• In mainland China (based on Xin Zixing character form), Japanese kanji, Korean hanja and Vietnamese Nôm, the upper right component 𠫓 is written ⿱亠厶 (4 strokes) while the bottom right stroke is written 乚 with an ending hook which is the historical form found in the Kangxi Dictionary.
• In Taiwan and Hong Kong (based on Big5 character form), the upper right component 𠫓 is written ⿻一厶 (3 strokes) while the bottom right stroke is written ㇄ without the ending hook.

Han character

疏 (radical 103, 疋+7, 11 strokes in Chinese in traditional Chinese, 12 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, 12 strokes in Korean, cangjie input 弓一卜戈山 (NMYIU), four-corner 1011₃, composition ⿰𤴔㐬(GJKV) or ⿰𤴔⿱𠫓⿲丿丨㇄(HT))

Derived characters

• 𦠦, 蔬, 𩯕

Related characters

• 疎, 䟽, 踈 (Variant forms)

References

• KangXi: page 767, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22000
• Dae Jaweon: page 1178, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2750, character 2
• Unihan data for U+758F

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		疏
alternative forms		䟽 疎 踈 𤕟 𤕠 䟽 疎 踈 𤕟 𤕠 𥿇

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sŋra, *sŋras): phonetic 疋 (OC *ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ) + semantic 㐬.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shū, sū (shu¹, su¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ, ㄙㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sô
• Min Nan (POJ): so͘ / soe / se

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: shu1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: sū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: su1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: su
    • Tongyong Pinyin: su
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
• 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: sô
    • Hakka Romanization System: so´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: so¹
    • Sinological IPA: /so²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
    • Tâi-lô: soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe
    • Tâi-lô: sue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se
    • Tâi-lô: se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sef
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴/

Note:

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

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɨʌ/

Rime
Character	疏
Reading #	1/2
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	疏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū
Middle Chinese	‹ srjo ›
Old Chinese	/*sra/
English	wide apart
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	疏
Reading #	1/2
No.	11790
Phonetic component	疋
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sŋra/

Definitions

疏

1. careless
2. distant; sparse
3. dredge
4. to neglect; to alienate
5. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 疏

• 上疏 (shàngshū)
• 交疏
• 人地兩疏／人地两疏
• 人地生疏 (réndìshēngshū)
• 仗義疏財／仗义疏财
• 凋疏
• 分疏
• 力薄才疏
• 反親疏／反亲疏
• 大疏脫／大疏脱
• 奏疏
• 學淺才疏／学浅才疏
• 學疏才淺／学疏才浅
• 廣雅疏證／广雅疏证
• 弊衣疏食
• 德薄才疏
• 志大才疏
• 志廣才疏／志广才疏
• 意廣才疏／意广才疏
• 才疏學淺／才疏学浅 (cáishūxuéqiǎn)
• 才疏德薄
• 才疏志大
• 才疏意廣／才疏意广
• 才疏計拙／才疏计拙
• 扶疏
• 故疏
• 暗香疏影
• 書疏／书疏
• 朗目疏眉
• 材疏志大
• 枝葉扶疏／枝叶扶疏
• 清清疏疏
• 生疏 (shēngshū)
• 疏不謀親／疏不谋亲
• 疏不間親／疏不间亲

• 疏剌剌
• 疏勒 (Shūlè)
• 疏失 (shūshī)
• 疏宕不拘
• 疏導／疏导 (shūdǎo)
• 疏影
• 疏忽 (shūhu)
• 疏慵
• 疏慵愚鈍／疏慵愚钝
• 疏懶／疏懒 (shūlǎn)
• 疏放
• 疏散 (shūsàn)
• 疏於／疏于 (shūyú)
• 疏於職守／疏于职守
• 疏水簞瓢／疏水箪瓢
• 疏洪道
• 疏浚 (shūjùn)
• 疏漏 (shūlòu)
• 疏濬
• 疏瀹
• 疏狂
• 疏率
• 疏理 (shūlǐ)
• 疏疏
• 疏神
• 疏糲／疏粝
• 疏網／疏网
• 疏而不漏
• 疏落
• 疏蕪／疏芜
• 疏虞
• 疏解
• 疏謀少略／疏谋少略
• 疏財／疏财 (shūcái)

• 疏財仗義／疏财仗义 (shūcái zhàngyì)
• 疏財尚氣／疏财尚气
• 疏財重義／疏财重义
• 疏通 (shūtōng)
• 疏遠／疏远 (shūyuǎn)
• 疏野
• 疏闊／疏阔
• 疏隔
• 疏離／疏离 (shūlí)
• 疏離感／疏离感
• 疏食 (shūshí)
• 疏食飲水／疏食饮水
• 疏鬆／疏松 (shūsōng)
• 百密一疏
• 禁網疏闊／禁网疏阔
• 稀疏 (xīshū)
• 稀稀疏疏
• 空疏
• 空疏無據／空疏无据
• 競今疏古／竞今疏古
• 粗疏 (cūshū)
• 綱目不疏／纲目不疏
• 網目不疏／网目不疏
• 綺疏／绮疏
• 花木扶疏
• 荒疏 (huāngshū)
• 蕭疏／萧疏 (xiāoshū)
• 褐衣疏食
• 親極反疏／亲极反疏
• 親疏／亲疏 (qīnshū)
• 親疏遠近／亲疏远近
• 通疏
• 麤疏
• 龍疏／龙疏

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shū, shù (shu¹, shu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ, ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so³
• Min Nan (POJ): sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: shū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: shu1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, dated variant)⁺
    • Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Wade–Giles: shu4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: so³
    • Yale: so
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so³
    • Guangdong Romanization: so³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ²¹/

Note: literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɨʌ^H/

Rime
Character	疏
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所去切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʃiɔH/
Wang Li	/ʃĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋras/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	疏
Reading #	2/2
No.	11796
Phonetic component	疋
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䟽
Old Chinese	/*sŋras/
Notes	原左從足旁

Definitions

疏

1. ^† to clarify
2. ^† appeal or memorial to the king
3. ^† record or submission
4. ^† letter

Compounds

• 上疏 (shàngshū)
• 抗疏
• 數疏／数疏
• 法堂疏

• 疏證／疏证
• 疏頭／疏头
• 義疏／义疏

• 藝疏／艺疏
• 註疏／注疏 (zhùshū)
• 論貴粟疏／论贵粟疏

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Japanese

Kanji

疏

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょ (sho)
• Kan-on: そ (so)
• Kun: とおす (tōsu, 疏す); とおる (tōru, 疏る); うとむ (utomu, 疏む); うとい (utoi, 疏い); まばら (mabara, 疏ら)

Compounds

• 疏水(そすい) (sosui): Alternative form of 疎水
• 疏通(そつう) (sotsū): Alternative form of 疎通

 

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

疏: Hán Việt readings: sớ, sơ
疏: Nôm readings: sơ, sớ, sờ, sưa, xơ, xờ

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