絮

絮	U+7D6E, 絮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D6E

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

絮 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女口女戈火 (VRVIF), four-corner 4690₃, composition ⿱如糸)

References[edit]

KangXi: page 923, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27443
Dae Jaweon: page 1358, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3400, character 7
Unihan data for U+7D6E

Chinese[edit]

trad.		絮
simp. ^#		絮

Glyph origin[edit]

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

	Old Chinese
拿	*rnaː
拏	*rnaː
詉	*rnaː
蒘	rnaː, na
笯	rnaː, naː, *naːs
挐	rnaː, na
絮	rnaːs, nas, snas, nas
呶	*rnaːw
怓	*rnaːw
帑	n̥ʰaːŋʔ, naː
奴	*naː
砮	naː, naːʔ
駑	*naː
孥	*naː
努	*naːʔ
弩	*naːʔ
怒	naːʔ, naːs
袽	*na
帤	*na
女	naʔ, nas
籹	*naʔ
恕	*hnjas
如	nja, njas
茹	nja, njaʔ, *njas
洳	nja, njas
鴽	*nja
蕠	*nja
汝	*njaʔ
肗	*njaʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas): phonetic 如 (OC *nja, *njas) + semantic 糸 (“silk”).

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁵, seoi³, seoi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): sù / sìr / sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syù
  - Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
  - Yale: syù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
  - Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi⁵, seoi³, seoi⁶
  - Yale: séuih, seui, seuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁵, soey³, soey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁵, sêu³, sêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯¹³/, /sɵy̯³³/, /sɵy̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù
  - Tâi-lô: sù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sux
  - IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /su²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr
  - Tâi-lô: sìr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì
  - Tâi-lô: sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: six
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²¹/

Middle Chinese: /sɨʌH/

Rime
Character	絮
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息據切
Baxter	sjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/siɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/siɔ^H/
Wang Li	/sĭo^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯wo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-na-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*snas/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	絮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xù
Middle Chinese	‹ sjo^H ›
Old Chinese	/*s-na-s/
English	raw silk, floss
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	絮
Reading #	3/4
No.	9620
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	絮
Old Chinese	/*snas/

Definitions[edit]

絮

(archaic) coarse silk floss
cotton; cotton wadding
(botany) pubescence; villus; fine hair
柳絮 ― liǔxù ― willow catkin
to wad with cotton or silk floss
long-winded
bored; fed up; sick of something

Compounds[edit]

叨叨絮絮
吐絮
故絮
柳絮 (liǔxù)
棉絮 (miánxù)
漂絮
粘花惹絮
絮叨 (xùdao)
絮搭
絮絮
絮絮不休

絮絮叨叨 (xùxudāodāo)
絮絮聒聒
絮聒 (xùguō)
聒絮
花絮 (huāxù)
撏綿扯絮／挦绵扯絮
敗絮／败絮 (bàixù)
煩絮／烦絮
絮煩／絮烦
絮紙／絮纸
絮語／絮语

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Xù, Nǜ (Xu⁴, Nü⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ, ㄋㄩˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - 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, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Nǜ
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Nyù
  - Wade–Giles: Nü⁴
  - Yale: Nyù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niuh
  - Palladius: Нюй (Njuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: /ɳɨʌH/

Rime
Character	絮
Reading #	2/4
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尼據切
Baxter	nrjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/niɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/niɔ^H/
Wang Li	/nĭo^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯wo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǜ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*nas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絮
Reading #	2/4
No.	9619
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	女
Old Chinese	/*nas/

Definitions[edit]

絮

a surname

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chù (chu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chù
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chù
  - Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴
  - Yale: chù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh
  - Palladius: чу (ču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: /ʈʰɨʌH/

Rime
Character	絮
Reading #	3/4
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	抽據切
Baxter	trhjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨʌ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɔ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɔ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰɨə̆^H/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɔ^H/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭo^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯wo^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*nas/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絮
Reading #	4/4
No.	9621
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	絮
Old Chinese	/*nas/

Definitions[edit]

絮

^† to mix; to stir

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nà
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nà
  - Wade–Giles: na⁴
  - Yale: nà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
  - Palladius: на (na)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: /nˠaH/

Rime
Character	絮
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	乃亞切
Baxter	naeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nˠa^H/
Pan Wuyun	/nᵚa^H/
Shao Rongfen	/na^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/naɨ^H/
Li Rong	/na^H/
Wang Li	/na^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/na^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naa⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*rnaːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絮
Reading #	1/4
No.	9596
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䏧
Old Chinese	/*rnaːs/

Definitions[edit]

絮

^† (of silk) disorderly; tangled

References[edit]

“絮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

絮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

On (unclassified): じょ (jo), しょ (sho)
Kun: わた (wata)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

絮 • (seo, yeo) (hangeul 서, 여, revised seo, yeo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, yŏ, Yale se, ye)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

絮 (nhứ, tự)

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絮

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Translingual[edit]

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Glyph origin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

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