蓑

See also: 簑

蓑 U+84D1, 蓑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-84D1 ← 蓐 [U+84D0] CJK Unified Ideographs 蓒 → [U+84D2]

Translingual

Han character

蓑 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 廿卜田女 (TYWV), four-corner 4473₂, composition ⿱艹衰)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1051, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31661
• Dae Jaweon: page 1513, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3267, character 14
• Unihan data for U+84D1

Chinese

trad.		蓑
simp. #		蓑
alternative forms		𠱗 𡔤 衰

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
蓑	*sloːl, *sluːl
缞
衰	*sʰrol, *srul
榱	*srul

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	蓑
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇禾切
Baxter	swa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/suɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/suɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swa/
Li Rong	/suɑ/
Wang Li	/suɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/suɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蓑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suō
Middle Chinese	‹ swa ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁoj/
English	raincoat of straw of rush
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	蓑
Reading #	1/2
No.	11923
Phonetic component	衰
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	莎
Old Chinese	/*sloːl/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suō (suo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sui¹ / sue¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sui
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suō
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suo
    • Wade–Giles: so¹
    • Yale: swō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suo
    • Palladius: со (so)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: so¹
    • Yale: sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sui¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬui⁵³³/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sue¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: soi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬuei⁵³³/

Note:

• suei1 - vernacular;
• sue1 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui
    • Tâi-lô: sui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹su
    • MiniDict: su^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹su
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: swa

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤoj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sloːl/

Definitions

蓑

1. raincoat woven from straw or palm fiber (often worn by peasants in ancient China)

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蓑, 蓑衣, 襏襫
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蓑衣
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蓑衣
	Chengde	蓑衣
	Heihe	蓑衣
	Qiqihar	蓑衣
	Harbin	蓑衣
	Jiamusi	蓑衣
	Baicheng	蓑衣
	Changchun	蓑衣
	Tonghua	蓑衣
	Shenyang	蓑衣
	Jinzhou	蓑衣
Jilu Mandarin	Tangshan	蓑衣
	Cangzhou	蓑衣
	Baoding	蓑衣
	Lijin	蓑衣
	Jinan	蓑衣
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	蓑衣
	Dandong	蓑衣
	Yantai	蓑衣
	Yantai (Muping)	蓑衣
	Qingdao	蓑衣
	Zhucheng	蓑衣
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蓑衣
	Lingbao	蓑衣
	Jining	蓑衣
	Shangqiu	蓑衣
	Yuanyang	蓑衣
	Zhengzhou	蓑衣
	Xinyang	蓑衣
	Baihe	蓑衣
	Xi'an	蓑衣
	Baoji	蓑衣
	Tianshui	蓑衣
	Xuzhou	蓑衣
	Fuyang	蓑衣
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	蓑衣
	Lanzhou	蓑衣
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	蓑衣
	Nanchong	蓑衣
	Dazhou	蓑衣
	Hanyuan	蓑衣
	Xichang	蓑衣
	Zigong	蓑衣
	Chongqing	蓑衣
	Wuhan	蓑衣
	Yichang	蓑衣
	Xiangyang	蓑衣
	Tianmen	蓑衣
	Guiyang	蓑衣
	Zunyi	蓑衣
	Bijie	蓑衣
	Liping	蓑衣
	Zhaotong	蓑衣, 棕衣
	Dali	蓑衣
	Kunming	蓑衣
	Mengzi	蓑衣
	Guilin	蓑衣
	Guilin (Lingui)	蓑衣
	Liuzhou	蓑衣
	Liuzhou (Luorong)	蓑衣
	Nanning (Wuming)	蓑衣
	Jishou	蓑衣
	Changde	蓑衣
	Hanzhong	蓑衣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	蓑衣
	Yangzhou	蓑衣
	Lianyungang	蓑衣
	Lianshui	蓑衣
	Nantong	蓑衣
	Anqing	蓑衣
	Wuhu	蓑衣
	Hefei	蓑衣
	Hong'an	蓑衣
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蓑衣
	Hong Kong	蓑衣
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	蓑衣
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	蓑衣
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蓑衣
	Macau	蓑衣
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蓑衣
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蓑衣
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蓑衣
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蓑衣
	Foshan	蓑衣
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蓑衣
	Foshan (Shunde)	蓑衣
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蓑衣
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蓑衣
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蓑衣
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	蓑衣
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	蓑衣
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蓑衣
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蓑衣
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蓑衣
	Taishan	蓑衣
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蓑衣
	Enping (Niujiang)	蓑衣
	Heshan (Yayao)	蓑衣
	Dongguan	葵衣
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	葵衣
	Qingyuan	蓑衣
	Fogang	蓑衣
	Yingde (Hanguang)	蓑衣
	Yangshan	蓑衣
	Lianshan (Butian)	蓑衣
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	蓑衣
	Shaoguan	蓑衣
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	蓑衣
	Renhua	蓑衣
	Lechang	蓑衣
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	蓑衣
	Sihui	蓑衣
	Guangning	蓑衣
	Deqing	蓑衣
	Huaiji	棕衣
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	蓑衣
	Yunfu	水衣
	Xinxing	蓑衣
	Luoding	蓑衣
	Yunan (Pingtai)	蓑衣
	Nanning	蓑衣
	Wuzhou	蓑衣
	Yulin	蓑衣
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蓑衣
	Hepu (Shatian)	蓑衣
	Guiping	蓑衣
	Guiping (Mule)	草衣
	Pingnan	蓑衣
	Mengshan (Xihe)	蓑衣
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	蓑衣
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	草衣
	Guigang (Pingdong)	蓑衣
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	蓑衣
	Baise	蓑衣
	Bobai	蓑衣
	Lingshan	蓑衣
	Pubei	蓑衣
Qinzhou	蓑衣
Beihai	蓑衣
Beihai (Nankang)	蓑衣
Beihai (Yingpan)	水衣
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	蓑衣
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	蓑衣
Ningming	蓑衣
Hengzhou	草衣
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	蓑衣
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	蓑衣
Móng Cái	蓑衣
Gan	Nanchang	蓑衣
	Lichuan	蓑衣
	Pingxiang	蓑衣
Hakka	Meixian	蓑衣
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	蓑衣
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蓑衣
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蓑衣
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蓑衣
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	蓑衣
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蓑衣
	Wuhua (Changbu)	蓑衣
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	蓑衣
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	蓑衣
	Jiexi	蓑衣
	Luhe	蓑衣
	Changting	蓑衣
	Longyan (Yongding)	蓑衣
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	蓑衣
	Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)	蓑衣
	Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)	棕衣
	Wuping (Zhongshan)	蓑衣
	Liancheng (Juxi)	蓑衣
	Liancheng (Zhongbao)	蓑衣
	Liancheng (Laiyuan)	蓑衣
	Yudu	蓑衣
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蓑衣
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓑衣
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蓑衣
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蓑衣
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蓑衣
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	棕蓑
	Hong Kong	蓑衣
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蓑衣
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	蓑衣
	Mashan (Pianlian)	蓑衣
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蓑衣, 蓑衫
	Senai (Huiyang)	水衣
	Bangkok (Meixian)	蓑衣
	Bangkok (Fengshun)	棕衣
	Bangkok (Jiexi)	蓑衣
Huizhou	Jixi	蓑衣
	Shexian	蓑衣
Jin	Taiyuan	蓑衣
	Xinzhou	蓑衣
	Changzhi	蓑衣
	Pingshan	蓑衣
	Handan	蓑衣
	Suide	蓑衣
Northern Min	Jian'ou	棕衣
	Songxi	棕衣
	Zhenghe	棕衣
	Jianyang	棕衣
	Wuyishan	蓑衣
	Pucheng (Shibei)	棕衣
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	棕蓑, 棕衣
	Fuzhou (Changle)	棕蓑
	Fuqing	棕蓑
	Yongtai	棕蓑
	Gutian	棕蓑
	Fu'an	棕衣
	Ningde	棕衣, 棕襖
	Shouning	棕衣
	Zhouning	棕衣
	Fuding	棕衣
Southern Min	Xiamen	棕蓑
	Quanzhou	棕蓑
	Yongchun	棕蓑
	Zhangzhou	棕蓑
	Pinghe	棕蓑
	Taipei	棕蓑
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	棕蓑
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	棕蓑
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	棕蓑
	Kaohsiung	棕蓑
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	棕蓑
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	棕蓑
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	棕蓑
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	棕蓑
	Yilan (Toucheng)	棕蓑
	Tainan	棕蓑
	Tainan (Anping)	棕蓑
	Kinmen	棕蓑
	Penghu (Magong)	棕蓑
	Penghu (Xiyu)	棕蓑
	Longyan	棕蓑
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	棕蓑
	Datian	棕蓑
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蓑衣
	Pingnan (Sijie)	葵蓑
	Pingle (Zhoutang)	葵蓑
	Lechang (Tatou)	葵蓑
	Yingde (Yuzui)	葵蓑
	Yunan (Liantan)	葵蓑
	Shantou	棕蓑, 蓑衣
	Shantou (Chenghai)	棕蓑
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	棕蓑
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	棕蓑
	Jieyang	棕蓑
	Bangkok (Teochew)	水衣
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	草衣
	Leizhou	蓑
	Wenchang	蓑, 幔蓑
	Haikou	幔蓑
Puxian Min	Putian	棕蓑
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	棕蓑
Central Min	Yong'an	棕衣
	Sanming (Shaxian)	棕衣
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	蓑衣
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蓑衣
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蓑衣
	Nanning (Shajing)	蓑衣
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	篷
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蓑衣
	Guilin (Chaoyang)	蓑衣
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	蓑衣
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	蓑衣
Wu	Shanghai	蓑衣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蓑衣
	Suzhou	蓑衣
	Danyang	蓑衣
	Hangzhou	蓑衣
	Ningbo	蓑衣
	Wenzhou	蓑衣
	Jinhua	蓑衣
Xiang	Changsha	蓑衣
	Loudi	蓑衣
	Quanzhou	蓑衣
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	蓑衣

Dialectal synonyms of 蓑衣 (“raincoat woven from straw or palm fiber”) [map]

Compounds

• 披蓑衣
• 煙蓑雨笠 / 烟蓑雨笠
• 荷蓑
• 蓑笠 (suōlì)
• 蓑草 (suōcǎo)
• 蓑衣 (suōyī)
• 蓑衣丈人

Descendants

• → Vietnamese: tơi

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	蓑
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	素回切
Baxter	swoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/suoi/
Shao Rongfen	/suɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swəj/
Li Rong	/suᴀi/
Wang Li	/suɒi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/suɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蓑
Reading #	2/2
No.	11925
Phonetic component	衰
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𤗯
Old Chinese	/*sluːl/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suī (sui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suei
    • Wade–Giles: sui¹
    • Yale: swēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi¹
    • Yale: sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui
    • Tâi-lô: sui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: swoj

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sluːl/

Definitions

蓑

1. Used in 蓑蓑 (“sag; droop”).

References

• “蓑”, 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–
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “蓑”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 128.