翠
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See also: 翆
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Translingual
Han character
翠 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸一卜人十 (SMYOJ), four-corner 17408, composition ⿱羽卒)
Derived characters
Descendants
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 957, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28732
- Dae Jaweon: page 1403, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3350, character 9
- Unihan data for U+7FE0
Chinese
| trad. | 翠 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 翠 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 翆 | |
| alternative forms | 翆 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 翠 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 晬 | *ʔsuːds |
| 祽 | *ʔsuːds |
| 綷 | *ʔsuːds |
| 淬 | *sʰuːds |
| 啐 | *sʰuːds, *suːds, *sʰroːds, *ʔsud |
| 倅 | *sʰuːds, *ʔsuːd |
| 焠 | *sʰuːds |
| 碎 | *suːds |
| 誶 | *suːds, *suds, *zud |
| 濢 | *ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds |
| 噿 | *ʔslulʔ |
| 臎 | *ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds |
| 醉 | *ʔsuds |
| 翠 | *sʰuds |
| 悴 | *zuds |
| 萃 | *zuds |
| 瘁 | *zuds |
| 顇 | *zuds |
| 粹 | *suds |
| 睟 | *suds |
| 賥 | *suds |
| 卒 | *ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud |
| 稡 | *ʔsuːd |
| 猝 | *sʰuːd |
| 椊 | *zuːd |
| 捽 | *zuːd, *zud |
| 崪 | *zuːd |
| 窣 | *suːd |
| 崒 | *zud |
| 踤 | *zud |
| 錊 | *ʔsuːɡ |
Etymology
From 淬 (OC *sʰuːds, “to dip into liquid, to plunge, to temper, to dye, etc.”), as kingfishers dive underwater to catch fish (Schuessler, 2007).
The "blue-green, cyan" > "bright" senses are because of the kingfishers' plumages.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cui4
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): cuī
- (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): cuī
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceoi3
- (Dongguan, Jyutping++): cui3
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): tui1
- Hakka
- Jin (Wiktionary): cui3
- Northern Min (KCR): chṳ̿
- Eastern Min (BUC): chói
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cui4
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): cui3
- Wu (Wugniu)
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cei4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
- Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
- Wade–Giles: tsʻui4
- Yale: tswèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
- Palladius: цуй (cuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: cui4
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cui
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰuei²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
- Guanzhong Pinyin: cuī
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
- Nanjing Pinyin: cuī
- Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cui4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰuəi⁴⁴/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ceoi3
- Yale: cheui
- Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey3
- Guangdong Romanization: cêu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
- Jyutping++: cui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰui³²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: tui1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰui³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhui
- Hakka Romanization System: cui
- Hagfa Pinyim: cui4
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: cuiˇ
- Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰui¹¹/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Jin
- (Taiyuan)+
- Wiktionary: cui3
- Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuei⁴⁵/
- (Taiyuan)+
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chṳ̿
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰy³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: chói
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰui²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou, Youyang)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: cui4
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chu̍i
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰui⁴²/
- (Putian, Xianyou, Youyang)
- Southern Min
- Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Jyutping++: cui3
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰui⁵⁵/
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
- Wu
- Xiang
- (Changsha)
- Wiktionary: cei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰe̞i̯⁴⁵/
- (Changsha)
- Dialectal data
- Middle Chinese: tshwijH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sʰuds/
Definitions
翠
- kingfisher, especially a cyan or blue one
- kingfisher feathers
- green jade; jadeite
- blue-green; cyan
- bright; distinct
Compounds
Japanese
| Shinjitai | 翠 | 
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| Kyūjitai |
翠󠄁 翠+ 󠄁?(Adobe-Japan1) |
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| 翠󠄄 翠+ 󠄄?(Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | ||
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Kanji
翠
Readings
- Go-on: すい (sui)←すい (sui, historical)
- Kan-on: すい (sui)←すい (sui, historical)
- Kun: かわせみ (kawasemi, 翠)、みどり (midori, 翠)
- Nanori: あきら (akira)
Alternative forms
Compounds
- 翠雨 (suiu)
- 翠影 (suiei)
- 翠煙, 翠烟 (suien)
- 翠花, 翠華 (suika)
- 翠霞 (suika)
- 翠蓋 (suigai)
- 翠玉 (suigyoku)
- 翠袖紅裙 (suishū kōkun)
- 翠松 (suishō)
- 翠色 (suishoku)
- 翠苔 (suitai)
- 翠黛 (suitai)
- 翠帳 (suichō)
- 翠眉 (suibi)
- 翠微 (suibi)
- 翠嵐 (suiran)
- 翠巒 (suiran)
- 翠柳 (suiryū)
- 翠緑 (suiryoku)
- 翠嶺 (suirei)
- 翠簾 (suiren)
- 翠楼 (suirō)
- 空翠 (kūsui)
- 松翠 (shōsui)
- 青翠 (seisui)
- 積翠 (sekisui)
- 蒼翠 (sōsui)
- 暖翠 (dansui)
- 晩翠 (bansui)
- 翡翠 (hisui)
- 幽翠 (yūsui)
- 嵐翠 (ransui)
- 偎紅倚翠 (waikō isui)
Noun
| Kanji in this term |
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| 翠 |
| みどり Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 翠 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 翠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
Proper noun
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 翠 |
| みどり Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
- a female given name
References
- ^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “翠”, in 字通 (Jitsū) (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
- ^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, , page 1715 (paper), page 909 (digital)
- ^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, , page 971 (paper), page 498 (digital)
Korean
Hanja
翠 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)
Vietnamese
Han character
翠: Hán Nôm readings: thúy/thuý
- chữ Hán form of thuý (“kingfisher (any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines)”)
- chữ Hán form of Thuý (“female given name”)