繡

See also: 繍, 綉, and 绣

繡	U+7E61, 繡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E61

← 繠
[U+7E60]

CJK Unified Ideographs

繢 →
[U+7E62]

Translingual

Traditional	繡
Shinjitai (extended)	繍
Simplified	绣

Han character

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

References

KangXi: 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

Chinese

trad.		繡/綉
simp.		绣
nonstandard simp.		𰬩
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, OC *sɯwɢs) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 肅 (OC *sɯwɢ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiù (xiu⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siu
Min Bei (KCR): siu̿
Min Nan (POJ): siù

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): /ɕjoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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: /ɕi̯u⁵⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siu̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siù
  - Tâi-lô: siù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu²¹/

Middle Chinese: /sɨu^H/

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
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/siəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suw^H/
Li Rong	/siu^H/
Wang Li	/sĭəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯u^H/
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	‹ sjuw^H ›
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

繡

to embroider
with rich and bright colors
gorgeous
embroidered clothing

Compounds

Derived terms from 繡

亂針繡／乱针绣
京繡／京绣
刺繡／刺绣 (cìxiù)
十字繡／十字绣 (shízìxiù)
廣繡／广绣
拋繡球／抛绣球 (pāoxiùqiú)
文繡／文绣
朱門繡戶／朱门绣户
洋繡球／洋绣球
湘繡／湘绣
瓊閨繡閣／琼闺绣阁
甌繡／瓯绣
白日衣繡／白日衣绣
紅繡鞋／红绣鞋
絺繡／𫄨绣
綺繡／绮绣
縟繡／缛绣
繡佛／绣佛
繡像／绣像
繡匠／绣匠
繡口錦心／绣口锦心
繡墩／绣墩
繡墩草／绣墩草
繡工／绣工
繡帖兒／绣帖儿
繡幃香冷／绣帏香冷
繡幙牽絲／绣幙牵丝
繡床／绣床
繡戶／绣户

繡房／绣房
繡旗／绣旗 (xiùqí)
繡林／绣林 (Xiùlín)
繡架／绣架
繡活／绣活
繡球／绣球 (xiùqiú)
繡球花／绣球花 (xiùqiúhuā)
繡畫／绣画
繡眼／绣眼
繡簾／绣帘
繡花／绣花 (xiùhuā)
繡花枕頭／绣花枕头 (xiùhuāzhěntou)
繡花針／绣花针 (xiùhuāzhēn)
繡荷包／绣荷包
繡虎／绣虎
繡虎雕龍／绣虎雕龙
繡衣御史／绣衣御史
繡衣朱履／绣衣朱履
繡衾／绣衾
繡被／绣被
繡補／绣补
繡襦記／绣襦记 (Xiùrújì)
繡貨／绣货
繡針／绣针
繡镼／绣镼
繡閣／绣阁
繡閣長春／绣阁长春
繡陌／绣陌

繡面／绣面
繡鞋／绣鞋 (xiùxié)
纂繡／纂绣
膏粱文繡／膏粱文绣
膏粱錦繡／膏粱锦绣
花拳繡腿／花拳绣腿
花繡／花绣
蘇繡／苏绣
蜀繡／蜀绣 (shǔxiù)
蠋繡／蠋绣
衣繡夜行／衣绣夜行
衣繡晝行／衣绣昼行
鄂君繡被／鄂君绣被
金門繡戶／金门绣户
鋪錦列繡／铺锦列绣
錦心繡口／锦心绣口
錦心繡腹／锦心绣腹
錦繡／锦绣 (jǐnxiù)
錦繡前程／锦绣前程 (jǐnxiùqiánchéng)
錦繡山河／锦绣山河 (jǐnxiùshānhé)
錦繡心腸／锦绣心肠
錦繡江山／锦绣江山 (jǐnxiùjiāngshān)
錦繡河山／锦绣河山 (jǐnxiùhéshān)
長齋繡佛／长斋绣佛
顧繡／顾绣
香閨繡閣／香闺绣阁
點繡女／点绣女
黼繡／黼绣

References

“繡”, 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–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03180

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	繍
Kyūjitai	繡

Kanji

繡

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 繍)

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Readings

Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
Kun: ぬい (nui, 繡い)^{←ぬひ (nufi, historical)}; ぬいとり (nuitori, 繡)^{←ぬひとり (nufitori, historical)}; ぬいもの (nuimono, 繡)^{←ぬひもの (nufimono, historical)}; ぬう (nuu, 繡う)^{←ぬふ (nufu, historical)}
Nanori: ぬい (nui)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 繡 – see 繍. (This term, 繡, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

Korean

Hanja

繡 (eumhun 수놓을 수 (suno'eul su))

Hanja form^? of 수 (“embroider”).
Hanja form^? of 수 (“gorgeous”).

Compounds

자수 (刺繡, jasu, “embroidery”)
금수강산 (錦繡江山, geumsugangsan, “land of charm and beauty; beautiful land”)

Vietnamese

Han character

繡: Hán Nôm readings: tú

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