穗

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See also: 穂
穗 U+7A57, 穗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A57
← 穖
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 穘 →

Translingual

Han character

穗 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹木十戈心 (HDJIP), four-corner 25933, composition ⿰禾惠)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 860, character 19
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25298
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1286, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2631, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+7A57

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 穗
2nd round simp. 𬜨
alternative forms 𥝩
穂
𥣼
𦼯
繐／𰬸 “tassel”

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (惠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
韢 *skʰʷeds
繐 *sqʰʷeds, *ɢʷiːds
憓 *ɢʷiːds
潓 *ɢʷiːds
惠 *ɢʷiːds
蟪 *ɢʷiːds
蕙 *ɢʷiːds
橞 *ɢʷiːds
譓 *ɢʷiːds
鏸 *ɢʷiːds
穗 *sɢʷids

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɢʷids) : semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 惠 (OC *ɢʷiːds).

Etymology

From Sino-Tibetan; compare Mizo vui (“ear (of grain); to ear”).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • xu4 - vernacular;
  • sui4 - literary.
Note: hūi - only used in 瑞穗 (Sūi-hūi).
Rime
Character 穗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 脂 (16)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 徐醉切
Baxter zwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ziuɪH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/zʷiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/zjuɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/zwiH/
Li
Rong 		/zuiH/
Wang
Li 		/zwiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/zwiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		suì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		seoi6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 穗
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		suì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ zwijH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s.ʷi-s/
English ear of grain

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 穗
Reading # 1/1
No. 5490
Phonetic
component 		惠
Rime
group 		至
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		遂
Old
Chinese 		/*sɢʷids/

Definitions

穗

  1. ear of grain
  2. tassel
  3. † snuff of a candle
  4. (abbreviation of 穗城) Guangzhou
  5. a surname

Compounds

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

穂

Kyūjitai

穗

Kanji

穗

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 穂)

  1. Kyūjitai form of 穂.

Readings

  • Go-on: ずい (zui)←ずゐ (zwi, historical)
  • Kan-on: すい (sui)←すゐ (swi, historical)
  • Kun: ほ (ho, 穗)

Usage notes

  • As in historical on-readings ending in -ゐ, such as "つゐ", "ゆゐ", and "るゐ", most dictionaries do not have "すゐ" and "すゐ" as historical readings for 穗. According to historical data, the on-readings of 穗 are the modern "すい" and "ずい". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten, has the -ゐ historical on-readings.

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

穗: Hán Nôm readings: tuệ

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References

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