紬

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See also: 䌷 and 綢
紬 U+7D2C, 紬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D2C
← 紫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 紭 →

Translingual

Han character

紬 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 女火中田 (VFLW), four-corner 25960, composition ⿰糹由)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 919, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27338
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1351, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3381, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+7D2C

Chinese

trad. 紬
simp. 绸*
alternative forms 䌧
𦀳

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (由) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
袖 *ljɯwɢs
岫 *ljɯwɢs
牰 *ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
抽 *l̥ʰɯw
妯 *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
紬 *l'ɯw
怞 *l'ɯw
鮋 *l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗 *rlɯw
宙 *l'ɯwɢs
胄 *l'ɯwɢs
冑 *l'ɯwɢs
伷 *l'ɯwɢs
駎 *l'ɯwɢs
油 *lɯw, *lɯwɢs
由 *lɯw
蚰 *lɯw
秞 *lɯw
邮 *lɯw
釉 *lɯwɢs
柚 *lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
鼬 *lɯwɢs
苖 *l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛 *l'ɯːwɢ
迪 *l'ɯːwɢ
頔 *l'ɯːwɢ
軸 *l'ɯwɢ
舳 *l'ɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'ɯw) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

紬

  1. † to draw out; to lead to
  2. † to collect; to compile

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 紬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 澄 (11)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 直由切
Baxter drjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɖɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɖiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȡiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɖuw/
Li
Rong 		/ȡiu/
Wang
Li 		/ȡĭəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȡʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 紬
Reading # 1/1
No. 15515
Phonetic
component 		由
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		儔
Old
Chinese 		/*l'ɯw/

Definitions

紬

  1. † (alt. form 綢／绸) spun silk tabby; coarse silk.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

紬

  1. ‡ Defined in Jiyun as 業.
  2. ‡ Alternative form of 𦂈 (zhòu)

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

紬

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
紬
つむぎ
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 紡ぐ (tsumugu, “to spin”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

紬(つむぎ) • (tsumugi) 

  1. a pongee (soft thin cloth woven from silk noil)
    Synonym: 紬織り (tsumugiori)
Derived terms
Derived terms

Proper noun

紬(つむぎ) • (Tsumugi) 

  1. a surname
  2. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
紬
ちゅう
Jinmeiyō
kan'on

/tiu/ → /t͡sʲiu/ → /t͡ɕuː/

From Middle Chinese 紬 (MC drjuw).

Affix

紬(ちゅう) • (chū) ←ちう (tiu)?

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

紬 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

紬: Hán Nôm readings: trừu, dò

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