續

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See also: 续 and 続
續 U+7E8C, 續
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E8C
← 纋
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 纍 →

Translingual

Traditional 續
Shinjitai 続
Simplified 续

Han character

續 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 女火土田金 (VFGWC), four-corner 24986, composition ⿰糹賣 or ⿰糹𧶠)

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 942, character 40
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28037
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1382, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3465, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7E8C

Chinese

trad. 續
simp. 续
alternative forms 賡／赓

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 續
Shang Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
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Transcribed ancient scripts
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (𧶠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
竇 *l'oːɡs
續 *ljoɡs, *ljoɡ
覿 *l'juːɡ
黷 *l'oːɡ
讟 *l'oːɡ
殰 *l'oːɡ
讀 *l'oːɡ
櫝 *l'oːɡ
牘 *l'oːɡ
儥 *l'oːɡ
贕 *l'oːɡ
皾 *l'oːɡ
瓄 *l'oːɡ
瀆 *l'oːɡ
豄 *l'oːɡ
韇 *l'oːɡ
嬻 *l'oːɡ
犢 *l'oːɡ
匵 *l'oːɡ
藚 *ljoɡ
襩 *ɦljoɡ
贖 *ɦljoɡ
𧶠 *luɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljoɡs, *ljoɡ): semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 𧶠 (OC *luɡ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note: sio̍k - literary.
Rime
Character 續
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 燭 (8)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 似足切
Baxter zjowk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/zɨok̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ziok̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ziok̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zuawk̚/
Li
Rong 		/ziok̚/
Wang
Li 		/zĭwok̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/zi̯wok̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		sú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zuk6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 續
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xù
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zjowk ›
Old
Chinese 		/*sə.lok/
English continue

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 續 續
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 16034 16053
Phonetic
component 		𧶠 𧶠
Rime
group 		候 屋
Rime
subdivision 		0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		續
Old
Chinese 		/*ljoɡs/ /*ljoɡ/

Definitions

續

  1. to continue; to carry on; to succeed
  2. (colloquial) to add
  3. (Cantonese) to extend; to renew
  4. a surname: Xu

Synonyms

  • (to continue):
  • (to add): 加 (jiā), 添 (tiān)

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 續 – see 紲 (“to follow on; to continue”).
(This character is a variant form of 紲).

References

  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “续”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

Japanese

Shinjitai

続

Kyūjitai

續

Kanji

續

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 続)

  1. continuation
  2. sequel
  3. series
  4. carry on
  5. succeed

Readings

Korean

Hanja

續 (eumhun 이을 속 (ieul sok))

  1. hanja form? of 속 (“continuation”)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

續: Hán Nôm readings: tục

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