絮

絮 U+7D6E, 絮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D6E ← 絭 [U+7D6D] CJK Unified Ideographs 絯 → [U+7D6F]

Translingual

Han character

絮 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女口女戈火 (VRVIF), four-corner 4690₃, composition ⿱如糸)

Derived characters

• 㵖

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 923, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27443
• Dae Jaweon: page 1358, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3400, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7D6E

Chinese

trad.		絮
simp. #		絮

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
拿	*rnaː
拏	*rnaː
詉	*rnaː
蒘	*rnaː, *na
笯	*rnaː, *naː, *naːs
挐	*rnaː, *na
絮	*rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas
呶	*rnaːw
怓	*rnaːw
帑	*n̥ʰaːŋʔ, *naː
奴	*naː
砮	*naː, *naːʔ
駑	*naː
孥	*naː
努	*naːʔ
弩	*naːʔ
怒	*naːʔ, *naːs
袽	*na
帤	*na
女	*naʔ, *nas
籹	*naʔ
恕	*hnjas
如	*nja, *njas
茹	*nja, *njaʔ, *njas
洳	*nja, *njas
鴽	*nja
蕠	*nja
汝	*njaʔ
肗	*njaʔ

Characters in the same phonetic series (女) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas) : phonetic 如 (OC *nja, *njas) + semantic 糸 (“silk”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	絮
Reading #	1/4
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息據切
Baxter	sjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/siɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/siɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/siɔH/
Wang Li	/sĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	絮
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xù
Middle Chinese	‹ sjoH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-na-s/
English	raw silk, floss
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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	絮
Reading #	3/4
No.	9620
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	絮
Old Chinese	/*snas/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁵ / seoi³ / seoi⁶
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù / sìr / sì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi⁵ / seoi³ / seoi⁶
    • Yale: séuih / seui / seuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁵ / soey³ / soey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁵ / sêu³ / sêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯¹³/, /sɵy̯³³/, /sɵy̯²²/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sy⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù
    • Tâi-lô: sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sux
    • IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /su²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr
    • Tâi-lô: sìr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì
    • Tâi-lô: sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: six
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjoH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-na-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*snas/

Definitions

絮

1. (archaic) coarse silk floss
2. cotton; cotton wadding
3. (botany) pubescence; villus; fine hair

   柳絮  ―  liǔxù  ―  willow catkin

4. to wad with cotton or silk floss
5. long-winded
6. bored; fed up; sick of something

Compounds

• 叨叨絮絮
• 吐絮
• 撏綿扯絮／挦绵扯絮
• 故絮
• 敗絮／败絮 (bàixù)
• 柳絮 (liǔxù)
• 棉絮 (miánxù)
• 漂絮
• 煩絮／烦絮
• 粘花惹絮
• 絮凝 (xùníng)
• 絮叨
• 絮搭
• 絮煩／絮烦
• 絮紙／絮纸
• 絮絮
• 絮結／絮结 (xùjié)
• 絮絮不休
• 絮絮叨叨 (xùxudāodāo)
• 絮絮聒聒
• 絮聒 (xùguō)
• 絮語／絮语
• 絮鍋兒／絮锅儿
• 綿絮／绵絮
• 聒絮
• 花絮 (huāxù)
• 蘆絮／芦絮
• 蘭因絮果／兰因絮果
• 詠絮／咏絮
• 話休絮煩／话休絮烦
• 隻雞絮酒／只鸡絮酒
• 霑泥絮／沾泥絮
• 頭絮兒／头絮儿
• 飛絮／飞絮 (fēixù)

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	絮
Reading #	2/4
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	尼據切
Baxter	nrjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/niɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/niɔH/
Wang Li	/nĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nǜ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	neoi6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絮
Reading #	2/4
No.	9619
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	女
Old Chinese	/*nas/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xù, Nǜ (Xu⁴, Nü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ, ㄋㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Syù
    • Wade–Giles: Hsü⁴
    • Yale: Syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shiuh
    • Palladius: Сюй (Sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Nǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Nyù
    • Wade–Giles: Nü⁴
    • Yale: Nyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niuh
    • Palladius: Нюй (Njuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: nrjoH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nas/

Definitions

絮

1. a surname

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	絮
Reading #	3/4
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	抽據切
Baxter	trhjoH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨʌH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiɔH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiɔH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰɨə̆H/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiɔH/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭoH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯woH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu3

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絮
Reading #	4/4
No.	9621
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	絮
Old Chinese	/*nas/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chù (chu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴
    • Yale: chù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh
    • Palladius: чу (ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjoH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nas/

Definitions

絮

1. ^† to mix; to stir

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	絮
Reading #	4/4
Initial (聲)	泥 (8)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	乃亞切
Baxter	naeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/nˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/nᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/naH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/naɨH/
Li Rong	/naH/
Wang Li	/naH/
Bernard Karlgren	/naH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	nà
Expected Cantonese Reflex	naa6

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絮
Reading #	1/4
No.	9596
Phonetic component	女
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	䏧
Old Chinese	/*rnaːs/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nà (na⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nà
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nà
    • Wade–Giles: na⁴
    • Yale: nà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
    • Palladius: на (na)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nä⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: naeH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rnaːs/

Definitions

絮

1. ^† (of silk) disorderly; tangled

References

• “絮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “絮”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

Japanese

Kanji

絮

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じょ (jo)、しょ (sho)
• Kun: わた (wata)

Korean

Hanja

絮 • (seo, yeo) (hangeul 서, 여, revised seo, yeo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, yŏ, Yale se, ye)

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

絮 (nhứ, tự)

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