徐
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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
| simp. and trad. |
徐 | |
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Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 徐 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 斜 | *lja, *laː |
| 茶 | *rlaː |
| 荼 | *rlaː, *ɦlja, *l'aː |
| 梌 | *rlaː, *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː |
| 搽 | *rlaː |
| 塗 | *rlaː, *l'aː |
| 佘 | *ɦlja |
| 賒 | *hljaː |
| 畬 | *hljaː, *la |
| 舍 | *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs |
| 捨 | *hljaːʔ |
| 騇 | *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs |
| 涻 | *hljaːs |
| 稌 | *l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰaːʔ |
| 悇 | *l̥ʰaː, *l̥ʰas, *las |
| 庩 | *l̥ʰaː |
| 捈 | *l̥ʰaː, *l'aː |
| 途 | *l'aː |
| 酴 | *l'aː |
| 駼 | *l'aː |
| 鵌 | *l'aː, *la |
| 涂 | *l'aː, *l'a |
| 嵞 | *l'aː |
| 峹 | *l'aː |
| 筡 | *l'aː, *l̥ʰa |
| 蒤 | *l'aː |
| 徐 | *lja |
| 俆 | *lja |
| 敘 | *ljaʔ |
| 漵 | *ljaʔ |
| 除 | *l'a, *l'as |
| 篨 | *rla |
| 滁 | *rla |
| 蒢 | *rla |
| 蜍 | *ɦlja, *la |
| 鵨 | *hljaː |
| 瑹 | *hlja |
| 余 | *la |
| 餘 | *la |
| 艅 | *la |
| 狳 | *la |
| 雓 | *la |
| 悆 | *las |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *lja) : semantic 彳 (“walk slowly”) + phonetic 余 (OC *la)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xu2
- Cantonese
- Gan (Wiktionary): qy2
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): xy1
- Northern Min (KCR): cṳ̌
- Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̀
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cy2 / sy2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zhi
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): si2
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: syú
- Wade–Giles: hsü2
- Yale: syú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyu
- Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy³⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: xu2
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xy
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy²¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ceoi4
- Yale: chèuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey4
- Guangdong Romanization: cêu4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: tui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰui²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Gan
- (Nanchang)
- Wiktionary: qy2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕʰy²⁴/
- (Nanchang)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhì
- Hakka Romanization System: qiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: qi2
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: ci
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: xy1
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕy¹¹/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳ̌
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sy²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̀
- Sinological IPA (key): /sy⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: cy2
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰy¹³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sy2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬy¹³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
Note:
- cy2 - vernacular;
- sy2 - literary (including surname).
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû
- Tâi-lô: sû
- Phofsit Daibuun: suu
- IPA (Xiamen): /su²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Jinjiang)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sî
- Tâi-lô: sî
- Phofsit Daibuun: sii
- IPA (Jinjiang): /si²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /si¹³/
Note:
- Xiamen, Zhangzhou:
- chhî - vernacular (including surname);
- sû/sî - literary.
- Quanzhou:
- chhî - vernacular;
- sîr - literary (including surname).
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: zjo
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*sə.la/
- (Zhengzhang): /*lja/
Definitions
徐
Compounds
- 不疾不徐
- 于徐
- 半老徐娘 (bànlǎoxúniáng)
- 城北徐公
- 執徐／执徐
- 巴徐 (Bāxú)
- 徐劉／徐刘 (Xúliú)
- 徐古 (Xúgǔ)
- 徐周 (Xúzhōu)
- 徐墩 (Xúdūn)
- 徐娘 (xúniáng)
- 徐娘半老 (xúniángbànlǎo)
- 徐家 (Xújiā)
- 徐家山 (Xújiāshān)
- 徐家棚 (Xújiāpéng)
- 徐州 (Xúzhōu)
- 徐庾體／徐庾体
- 徐徐 (xúxú)
- 徐樓／徐楼 (Xúlóu)
- 徐橋／徐桥 (Xúqiáo)
- 徐步 (xúbù)
- 徐母罵曹／徐母骂曹
- 徐穉置芻／徐穉置刍
- 徐緩／徐缓
- 徐行 (xúxíng)
- 徐風／徐风
- 徐黃／徐黄 (Xúhuáng)
- 清風徐來／清风徐来
- 紆徐／纡徐
- 緩步徐行／缓步徐行
- 舒徐
- 虛徐／虚徐
- 高徐 (Gāoxú)
Descendants
Japanese
Kanji
徐
Readings
- Go-on: じょ (jo, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: しょ (sho)
- Kun: おもむろ (omomuro, 徐ろ)、おもむろに (omomuro ni, 徐ろに)、おそい (osoi, 徐い)
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
徐 (eumhun 천천히 서 (cheoncheonhi seo))
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
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