絮

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

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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／形声, OC *rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas) : phonetic 如 (OC *nja, *njas) + semantic 糸 (“silk”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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
Baxter sjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/siɔH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/siɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sɨə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/siɔH/
Wang
Li 		/sĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/si̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		seoi3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 絮
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sjoH ›
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. * 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

  1. (archaic) coarse silk floss
  2. cotton; cotton wadding
  3. (botany) pubescence; villus; fine hair
    柳絮  ―  liǔxù  ―  willow catkin
  4. to wad with cotton or silk floss
  5. long-winded
  6. bored; fed up; sick of something

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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
Baxter nrjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɳɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɳiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/niɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɳɨə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/niɔH/
Wang
Li 		/nĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ni̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nǜ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		neoi6
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

  1. a surname

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

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
Baxter trhjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈʰɨʌH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈʰiɔH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶʰiɔH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈʰɨə̆H/
Li
Rong 		/ȶʰiɔH/
Wang
Li 		/ȶʰĭoH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȶʰi̯woH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chù
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cyu3
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

  1. † to mix; to stir

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

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
Baxter naeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/nˠaH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/nᵚaH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/naH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/naɨH/
Li
Rong 		/naH/
Wang
Li 		/naH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/naH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		nà
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		naa6
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

  1. † (of silk) disorderly; tangled

References

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

Chữ Hán

絮 (nhứ, tự)

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