絮

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

← 絭
[U+7D6D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

絯 →
[U+7D6F]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

trad.		絮
simp. ^#		絮

Glyph origin

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”).

Pronunciation

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)⁺
  - 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: /sɨʌ^H/

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
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

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

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)
花花絮絮
撏綿扯絮／挦绵扯絮
敗絮／败絮 (bàixù)
春心飛絮／春心飞絮
煩絮／烦絮
絮煩／絮烦
絮紙／絮纸
絮語／絮语

絮鍋兒／絮锅儿
綿絮／绵絮
花絮新聞／花絮新闻
蘆絮／芦絮
蘭因絮果／兰因絮果
詠絮／咏絮
話休絮煩／话休絮烦
遊絲飛絮／游丝飞絮
隻雞絮酒／只鸡絮酒
霑泥絮／沾泥絮
頭絮兒／头絮儿
飛絮／飞絮 (fēixù)

Pronunciation

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: /ɳɨʌ^H/

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
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

絮

a surname

Pronunciation

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: /ʈʰɨʌ^H/

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
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

絮

^† to mix; to stir

Pronunciation

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: /nˠa^H/

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
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

絮

^† (of silk) disorderly; tangled

References

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

Japanese

Kanji

絮

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): じょ (jo), しょ (sho)

Kun: わた (wata)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

絮 (nhứ, tự)

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