繡

See also: 繍, 綉, and 绣

Translingual

Traditional	繡
Shinjitai (extended)	繍
Simplified	绣

Han character

繡 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火中難 (VFLX), four-corner 2592₇, composition ⿰糹肅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 939, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27913
• Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3462, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7E61

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Chinese

trad.		繡/綉
simp.		绣
alternative forms		繍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
簫	*sɯːw
蕭	*sɯːw
瀟	*sɯːw
潚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
彇	*sɯːw
蟰	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
橚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
嘯	*sɯːwɢs
歗	*sɯːwɢs
熽	*sɯːwɢs
繡	*sɯwɢs
鏽	*sɯwɢs
肅	*sɯwɢ
鷫	*sɯwɢ
驌	*sɯwɢ
鱐	*sɯwɢ
璛	*sɯwɢ

Earliest seen in Warring States Period texts. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɯwɢs) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 肅 (OC *sɯwɢ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiù (xiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siu
• Northern Min (KCR): siu̿
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴
    • Yale: syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiow
    • Palladius: сю (sju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau³
    • Yale: sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯u⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siu̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siù
    • Tâi-lô: siù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjuwH

Rime
Character	繡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息救切
Baxter	sjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/siuH/
Shao Rongfen	/siəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suwH/
Li Rong	/siuH/
Wang Li	/sĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]iw(k)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	繡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiù
Middle Chinese	‹ sjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]iw(k)-s/
English	embroider
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	繡
Reading #	1/1
No.	12123
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	秀
Old Chinese	/*sɯwɢs/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 繡

1. to embroider
2. with rich and bright colors
3. gorgeous
4. embroidered clothing

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

繡

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 繍)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
• Kun: ぬいとり (nuitori, 繡)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. embroider

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 繡 (tú)

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