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Translingual
Han character
徐 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹人人一木 (HOOMD), four-corner 28294, composition ⿰彳余)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 367, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10110
- Dae Jaweon: page 690, character 10
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 825, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5F90
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 斜
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*lja, *laː
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| 茶
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*rlaː
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| 荼
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*rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː
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| 梌
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*rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
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| 搽
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*rlaː
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| 塗
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*rlaː, *l'aː
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| 佘
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*ɦlja
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| 賒
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*hljaː
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| 畬
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*hljaː, *la
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| 舍
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*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
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| 捨
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*hljaːʔ
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| 騇
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*hljaːʔ, *hljaːs
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| 涻
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*hljaːs
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| 稌
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*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ
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| 悇
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*l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las
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| 庩
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*l̥ʰaː
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| 捈
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*l̥ʰaː, *l'aː
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| 途
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*l'aː
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| 酴
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*l'aː
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| 駼
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*l'aː
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| 鵌
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*l'aː, *la
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| 涂
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*l'aː, *l'a
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| 嵞
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*l'aː
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| 峹
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*l'aː
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| 筡
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*l'aː, *l̥ʰa
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| 蒤
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*l'aː
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| 徐
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*lja
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| 俆
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*lja
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| 敘
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*ljaʔ
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| 漵
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*ljaʔ
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| 除
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*l'a, *l'as
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| 篨
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*rla
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| 滁
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*rla
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| 蒢
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*rla
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| 蜍
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*ɦlja, *la
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| 鵨
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*hljaː
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| 瑹
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*hlja
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| 余
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*la
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| 餘
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*la
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| 艅
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*la
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| 狳
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*la
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| 雓
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*la
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| 悆
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*las
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lja) : semantic 彳 (“walk slowly”) + phonetic 余 (OC *la)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Gan
- Hakka
- Jin
- Northern Min
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
Note:
- Xiamen, Zhangzhou:
- chhî - vernacular (including surname);
- sû/sî - literary.
- Quanzhou:
- chhî - vernacular;
- sîr - literary (including surname).
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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徐
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ zjo ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*sə.la/
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| English
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walk slowly
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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徐
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15782
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Phonetic
component
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余
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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徐
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Old
Chinese
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/*lja/
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Definitions
徐
- slowly; quietly; calmly
- composed; poised
- Short for 徐州 (Xúzhōu, “Xuzhou”).
- a surname
- 徐霞客 ― Xú Xiákè ― Xu Xiake (Ming dynasty travel writer)
Compounds
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
徐
(common “Jōyō” kanji)
- slow, gradual
Readings
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
徐 (eumhun 천천히 서 (cheoncheonhi seo))
- slow
- a surname
Vietnamese
Han character
徐: Hán Nôm readings: từ
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