粹

See also: 粋

粹 U+7CB9, 粹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CB9 ← 粸 [U+7CB8] CJK Unified Ideographs 粺 → [U+7CBA]

Translingual

Han character

粹 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+8, 14 strokes, Cangjie input 火木卜人十 (FDYOJ), four-corner 9094₈, composition ⿰米卒)

Descendants

• 粋

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 909, character 39
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26987
• Dae Jaweon: page 1335, character 31
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3152, character 22
• Unihan data for U+7CB9

Chinese

trad.		粹
simp. #		粹
2nd round simp.		粋
alternative forms		粋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 粹
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
晬	*ʔsuːds
祽	*ʔsuːds
綷	*ʔsuːds
淬	*sʰuːds
啐	*sʰuːds, *suːds, *sʰroːds, *ʔsud
倅	*sʰuːds, *ʔsuːd
焠	*sʰuːds
碎	*suːds
誶	*suːds, *suds, *zud
濢	*ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds
噿	*ʔslulʔ
臎	*ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds
醉	*ʔsuds
翠	*sʰuds
悴	*zuds
萃	*zuds
瘁	*zuds
顇	*zuds
粹	*suds
睟	*suds
賥	*suds
卒	*ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud
稡	*ʔsuːd
猝	*sʰuːd
椊	*zuːd
捽	*zuːd, *zud
崪	*zuːd
窣	*suːd
崒	*zud
踤	*zud
錊	*ʔsuːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *suds): semantic 米 + phonetic 卒 (OC *ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): cuì (cui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cui⁴

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): cuī

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): cuī

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi³ / seoi⁶ / seoi⁵
• Gan (Wiktionary): cui³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhui / sui

  (Hailu, HRS): cui^ˇ / sui^ˇ

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cui⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): cui³
• Northern Min (KCR): cho̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): sói / côi
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cui⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhùi / sùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zui⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tshoe / ⁵soe / ⁶zoe / ⁶dzei / ⁶ze / ⁶zuai / ⁵sue / ⁶zuei / ⁵suei / ⁶dze / ²zei / ⁶zei
  • (Jinhua): ⁶zei
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cei⁴

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴
    • Yale: tswèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
    • Palladius: цуй (cuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: cui⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuei²¹³/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: cuī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: cuī
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuəi⁴⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi³ / seoi⁶ / seoi⁵
    • Yale: seui / seuih / séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey³ / soey⁶ / soey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu³ / sêu⁶ / sêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³³/, /sɵy̯²²/, /sɵy̯¹³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: cui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhui / sui
    • Hakka Romanization System: cui / sui
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cui⁴ / sui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/, /su̯i⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: cui^ˇ / sui^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰui¹¹/, /sui¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cui⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuɪ⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: cui³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuei⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cho̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sói / côi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui²¹³/, /t͡sui²⁴²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cui⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chu̍i
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuix
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sùi
    • Tâi-lô: suì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suix
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sui¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zui⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sui³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tshoe
    • MiniDict: tshoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰø³⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiading)
    • Wugniu: ⁵soe
    • MiniDict: soe^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /sø³⁴/
  • (Northern: Songjiang)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /zø¹³/
  • (Northern: Chongming)
    • Wugniu: ⁶dzei
    • MiniDict: dzei^去
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /d͡zei³¹³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ze
    • MiniDict: ze^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ze²³¹/
  • (Northern: Changzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zuai
    • MiniDict: zuai^去
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /zuai²⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sue
    • MiniDict: sue^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /sue³³⁴/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zuei
    • MiniDict: zuei^去
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /zzʷei¹¹³/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵suei
    • MiniDict: suei^去
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /szʷei⁴⁵/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁶dze
    • MiniDict: dze^去
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /d͡ze¹¹/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²zei
    • MiniDict: zei^平
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /zɐɪ³¹³/
  • (Northern: Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zei
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /zai¹³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zei
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /zei¹⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: cei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰe̞i̯⁴⁵/

---

• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 粹
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡sʰuei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡sʰuei⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰuei⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡sʰuei²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡sʰue⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡sʰuei³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sʰuei⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sʰuɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡sʰuei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡sʰuei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sʰuei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰuei¹³/
	Guiyang	/suei²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰuei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰuəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sʰe⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/ze̞³¹/
	Hangzhou	/sz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/zai²²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰye³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡sʰe⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sʰei⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sʰəi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰui²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰui⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/sui⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/søy²²/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰui³³/
	Hong Kong	/søy²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sui²¹/ /t͡sʰui²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡suɔi²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰo³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sui³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/sui³⁵/

---

• Middle Chinese: swijH

Rime
Character	粹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	雖遂切
Baxter	swijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swiH/
Li Rong	/suiH/
Wang Li	/swiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/swiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*suds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	粹
Reading #	1/1
No.	17951
Phonetic component	卒
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	邃
Old Chinese	/*suds/

Definitions

粹

1. pure; unadulterated
2. essence

Compounds

• 國粹 / 国粹 (guócuì)
• 國粹主義 / 国粹主义
• 文粹
• 淳粹
• 粹器
• 粹白
• 精粹 (jīngcuì)
• 純粹 / 纯粹 (chúncuì)
• 納粹 / 纳粹 (nàcuì)
• 純粹主義 / 纯粹主义 (chúncuì zhǔyì)
• 納粹主義 / 纳粹主义 (nàcuìzhǔyì)
• 純粹理性 / 纯粹理性
• 純粹科學 / 纯粹科学 (chúncuì kēxué)
• 納粹黨 / 纳粹党
• 選粹 / 选粹
• 醇粹

Japanese

Shinjitai	粋
Kyūjitai	粹

Kanji

粹

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 粋)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Readings

• Go-on: すい (sui)
• Kan-on: すい (sui)
• Kun: いき (iki, 粹)

Korean

Hanja

粹 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.