翠

See also: 翆

翠 U+7FE0, 翠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FE0 ← 翟 [U+7FDF] CJK Unified Ideographs 翡 → [U+7FE1]

Translingual

Han character

翠 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸一卜人十 (SMYOJ), four-corner 1740₈, composition ⿱羽卒)

Derived characters

• 噿 濢 𣝦 璻 臎 䕜

Descendants

• 翆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 957, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28732
• Dae Jaweon: page 1403, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3350, character 9
• Unihan data for U+7FE0

Chinese

trad.		翠
simp. #		翠
2nd round simp.		翆
alternative forms		翆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 翠
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	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

Etymology

From 淬 (OC *sʰuːds, “to dip into liquid, to plunge, to temper, to dye, etc.”), as kingfishers dive underwater to catch fish (Schuessler, 2007).

The "blue-green, cyan" > "bright" senses are because of the kingfishers' plumages.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cuì (cui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi³
• Northern Min (KCR): chṳ̿
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhùi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cui³

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ceoi³
    • Yale: cheui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chṳ̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰy³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi
    • Tâi-lô: tshuì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cui³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshùi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui²¹³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 翠
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	/t͡sʰuei²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰuei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰuəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sʰe⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰuei³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰe³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰe̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sʰai⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰye³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡sʰe⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sʰei⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sʰəi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰui²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰui⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰui⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰøy³³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰui³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰøy³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sʰui²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sʰuɔi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰy³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sʰui²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/sui³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tshwijH

Rime
Character	翠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七醉切
Baxter	tshwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷiH/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwiH/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰuiH/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰwiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰwiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰuds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	翠
Reading #	1/1
No.	17944
Phonetic component	卒
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	翠
Old Chinese	/*sʰuds/

Definitions

翠

1. kingfisher, especially a cyan or blue one
2. kingfisher feathers
3. green jade; jadeite
4. blue-green; cyan
5. bright; distinct

Compounds

• 珠翠 (zhūcuì)
• 翠亨 (Cuìhēng)
• 翠微 (cuìwēi)
• 翠玉
• 翠生生
• 翠碧
• 翠綠／翠绿 (cuìlǜ)
• 翡翠 (fěicuì)
• 翠花鋪／翠花铺 (Cuìhuāpù)
• 翠菊 (cuìjú)
• 翠藍／翠蓝
• 翠鳥／翠鸟 (cuìniǎo)
• 鮮翠／鲜翠 (xiāncuì)

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	翠
Kyūjitai	翠󠄁 翠+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	翠󠄄 翠+󠄄? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

翠

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. green

Readings

• Go-on: すい (sui)^{←すい (sui, historical)}
• Kan-on: すい (sui)^{←すい (sui, historical)}
• Kun: かわせみ (kawasemi, 翠)、みどり (midori, 翠)
• Nanori: あきら (akira)

Alternative forms

• 翆

Compounds

• 翠(すい)雨(う) (suiu)
• 翠(すい)影(えい) (suiei)
• 翠(すい)煙(えん), 翠(すい)烟(えん) (suien)
• 翠(すい)花(か), 翠(すい)華(か) (suika)
• 翠(すい)霞(か) (suika)
• 翠(すい)蓋(がい) (suigai)
• 翠(すい)玉(ぎょく) (suigyoku)
• 翠(すい)袖(しゅう)紅(こう)裙(くん) (suishū kōkun)
• 翠(すい)松(しょう) (suishō)
• 翠(すい)色(しょく) (suishoku)
• 翠(すい)苔(たい) (suitai)
• 翠(すい)黛(たい) (suitai)
• 翠(すい)帳(ちょう) (suichō)
• 翠(すい)眉(び) (suibi)
• 翠(すい)微(び) (suibi)
• 翠(すい)嵐(らん) (suiran)
• 翠(すい)巒(らん) (suiran)
• 翠(すい)柳(りゅう) (suiryū)
• 翠(すい)緑(りょく) (suiryoku)
• 翠(すい)嶺(れい) (suirei)
• 翠(すい)簾(れん) (suiren)
• 翠(すい)楼(ろう) (suirō)
• 空(くう)翠(すい) (kūsui)
• 松(しょう)翠(すい) (shōsui)
• 青(せい)翠(すい) (seisui)
• 積(せき)翠(すい) (sekisui)
• 蒼(そう)翠(すい) (sōsui)
• 暖(だん)翠(すい) (dansui)
• 晩(ばん)翠(すい) (bansui)
• 翡(ひ)翠(すい) (hisui)
• 幽(ゆう)翠(すい) (yūsui)
• 嵐(らん)翠(すい) (ransui)
• 偎(わい)紅(こう)倚(い)翠(すい) (waikō isui)

 

Noun

Kanji in this term
翠
みどり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 翠 – see the following entry.

【緑みどり】3 [noun] green (color) [noun] verdure [noun] a new bud or shoot [noun] (archaic) in the Edo Period, an apprentice to a high-ranking courtesan, from ages six or seven through thirteen or fourteen [noun] in kabuki and 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”), performing just the main parts of a work and omitting the 狂言 (kyōgen) [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname

(This term, 翠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
翠
みどり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

翠(みどり) • (Midori) 

1. a female given name

Korean

Hanja

翠 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

Vietnamese

Han character

翠: Hán Việt readings: thúy/thuý

1. chữ Hán form of Thuý (“female given name”).