繡

See also: 繍, 綉, and 绣

繡	U+7E61, 繡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E61

← 繠
[U+7E60]

CJK Unified Ideographs

繢 →
[U+7E62]

Translingual

Traditional	繡
Shinjitai (extended)	繍
Simplified	绣

Han character

繡 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火中難 (VFLX), four-corner 2592₇, composition ⿰糹肅)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 939, character 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27913
Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3462, character 6
Unihan data for U+7E61

Chinese

trad.		繡/綉
simp.		绣
nonstandard simp.		𰬩
alternative forms		繍

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 繡
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
簫	*sɯːw
蕭	*sɯːw
瀟	*sɯːw
潚	sɯːw, sɯwɢ
彇	*sɯːw
蟰	sɯːw, sɯwɢ
橚	sɯːw, sɯwɢ
嘯	*sɯːwɢs
歗	*sɯːwɢs
熽	*sɯːwɢs
繡	*sɯwɢs
鏽	*sɯwɢs
肅	*sɯwɢ
鷫	*sɯwɢ
驌	*sɯwɢ
鱐	*sɯwɢ
璛	*sɯwɢ

Earliest seen in Warring States Period texts. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɯwɢs) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 肅 (OC *sɯwɢ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiù (xiu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siu
Northern Min (KCR): siu̿
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siù

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiù
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siòu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴
  - Yale: syòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiow
  - Palladius: сю (sju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau³
  - Yale: sau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siu
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯u⁵⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siu̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: siu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiu⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siù
  - Tâi-lô: siù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²¹/

Middle Chinese: sjuwH

Rime
Character	繡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息救切
Baxter	sjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/siu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/siəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suw^H/
Li Rong	/siu^H/
Wang Li	/sĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]iw(k)-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɯwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	繡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiù
Middle Chinese	‹ sjuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]iw(k)-s/
English	embroider
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	繡
Reading #	1/1
No.	12123
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	秀
Old Chinese	/*sɯwɢs/

Definitions

繡

Compounds

References

“繡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03180
莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “绣”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 267.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	繍
Kyūjitai	繡

Kanji

繡

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 繍)

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Readings

Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
Kun: ぬい (nui, 繡い)^{←ぬひ (nufi, 繡ひ, historical)}、ぬいとり (nuitori, 繡)^{←ぬひとり (nufitori, 繡, historical)}、ぬいもの (nuimono, 繡)^{←ぬひもの (nufimono, 繡, historical)}、ぬう (nuu, 繡う)^{←ぬふ (nufu, 繡ふ, historical)}
Nanori: ぬい (nui)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 繡 – see the following entry.

【繍】H	[kanji] hyōgai kanji [kanji] Extended shinjitai form of 繡 Kanji reading: しゅ, しゅう, ぬい, ぬいとり, ぬいもの, ぬう

(This term, 繡, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

繡 (eumhun 수 놓을 수 (suno'eul su))

hanja form^? of 수 (“embroider”)
hanja form^? of 수 (“gorgeous”)

Compounds

자수 (刺繡, jasu, “embroidery”)
금수강산 (錦繡江山, geumsugangsan, “land of charm and beauty; beautiful land”)

Vietnamese

Han character

繡: Hán Nôm readings: tú

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