蒐

蒐

蒐 U+8490, 蒐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8490 ← 蒏 [U+848F] CJK Unified Ideographs 蒑 → [U+8491]

Translingual

Han character

蒐 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹戈 (THI), four-corner 4421₃, composition ⿱艹鬼)

Derived characters

• 𫴒, 𫸄

References

• KangXi: page 1047, character 71
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31539
• Dae Jaweon: page 1509, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3251, character 7
• Unihan data for U+8490

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Chinese

trad.		蒐
simp.		蒐/搜*
alternative forms		獀 “to hunt in spring”
搜 – simplified for senses “to seek; to gather”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōu (sou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹, sau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sou
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sou
    • Palladius: соу (sou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹, sau²
    • Yale: sāu, sáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹, sau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹, seo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵/, /sɐu̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ʃɨu/

Rime
Character	蒐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所鳩切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuw/
Li Rong	/ʃiu/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蒐
Reading #	1/1
No.	12093
Phonetic component	蒐
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𢯱
Old Chinese	/*sru/
Notes	金文或從媿，疑醜省聲

Definitions

蒐

1. (literary) madder (Rubia cordifolia)
2. (literary) to hunt in spring (or autumn)
3. (archaic) to review troops
4. (archaic) to conceal; to hide
5. (alt. form 搜) to gather; to collect; to assemble
6. (alt. form 搜) to seek; to look for; to search for

Compounds

春蒐 蒐索／搜索

蒐集／搜集 (sōují) 蒐羅／搜罗

蒐證／搜证 (sōuzhèng) 蒐購／搜购

References

• “蒐”, 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–

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Japanese

Kanji

蒐

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. to collect, to gather
2. collection

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: そう (sō)
• Kan’yō-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しふ (sifu, historical)}
• Kun: あかね (akane, 蒐); あつまる (atsumaru, 蒐まる); あつめる (atsumeru, 蒐める); かり (kari)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

蒐: Hán Nôm readings: sưu, cói

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