緅

Translingual

Han character

緅 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸十水 (VFSJE), four-corner 2794₀, composition ⿰糹取)

1. silk of purplish color

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 929, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27598
• Dae Jaweon: page 1366, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3410, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7DC5

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		緅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 緅
Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
陬	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo
棷	*ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru
掫	*ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
緅	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos
趣	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos
取	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ
鯫	*zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo
棸	*rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru
鄹	*ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
郰	*ʔsru
齱	*ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ
菆	*ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn
箃	*ʔsru
黀	*ʔsru
驟	*zrus
最	*zloːds
襊	*sʰoːds, *sʰoːd
蕞	*zoːds
嘬	*sʰroːds
諏	*ʔslo
娵	*ʔslo
娶	*sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo
聚	*zloʔ, *zlos
埾	*zlos
藂	*zloːŋ
叢	*zloːŋ
繓	*ʔsoːd
撮	*ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōu (zou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zou
    • Wade–Giles: tsou¹
    • Yale: dzōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzou
    • Palladius: цзоу (czou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zau¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrjuw, tsuw, tsjuH

Rime
Character	緅	緅	緅
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)	精 (13)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	侯 (137)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	III
Fanqie	側鳩切	子侯切	子句切
Baxter	tsrjuw	tsuw	tsjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨu/	/t͡səu/	/t͡sɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂiu/	/t͡səu/	/t͡sioH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃiəu/	/t͡səu/	/t͡sioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂuw/	/t͡səw/	/t͡suə̆H/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiu/	/t͡su/	/t͡sioH/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭəu/	/t͡səu/	/t͡sĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯ə̯u/	/t͡sə̯u/	/t͡si̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōu	zōu	jù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau1	zau1	zeoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsloː/, /*ʔsru/, /*slos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	緅	緅	緅
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	10624	10637	10653
Phonetic component	取	取	取
Rime group	侯	幽	侯
Rime subdivision	0	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	𣠏	鄒	緅
Old Chinese	/*ʔsloː/	/*ʔsru/	/*slos/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

緅

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. purple silk

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu); す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu); しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}; そう (sō)