# 舒

| 舒 | U+8212, &#33298; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8212 |
| ← 舑 [U+8211] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 舓 → [U+8213] |

## Translingual
### Han character

舒 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人口弓戈弓 (ORNIN), four-corner 8762$_2$, composition ⿰舍予)

#### Derived characters

* 𦺗, 𥳕, 𪅰

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1007, character 11
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30300
* Dae Jaweon: page 1464, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2943, character 20
* Unihan data for U+8212

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 舒 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 野 | *laːʔ, *ɦljaʔ |
| 壄 | *laːʔ |
| 序 | *ljaʔ |
| 抒 | *ljaʔ, *hlja, *ɦljaʔ |
| 芧 | *l'aʔ |
| 杼 | *l'aʔ, *ɦljaʔ |
| 墅 | *ɦljaːʔ |
| 舒 | *hlja |
| 紓 | *hlja, *ɦljaʔ |
| 妤 | *la |
| 伃 | *la |
| 予 | *la, *laʔ |
| 預 | *las |
| 忬 | *las |
| 豫 | *las |
| 蕷 | *las |
| 澦 | *las |
phonetic 舍 (OC *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs) + phonetic 予 (OC *la, *laʔ)

### Etymology

Possibly connected to 紓 (OC *hlja, *ɦljaʔ, “to loosen, relax”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shū (shu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syu$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): si$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xy$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sû
    (Meixian, Guangdong): su$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): su$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): sṳ́
* Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆ / sṳ̆
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhu / chhir / chhi / so͘ / su / sir / si
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ce$^1$ / su$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$sy
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xy$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shū
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shu
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^1$
*** Yale: shū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^1$
*** Yale: syū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /syː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: si$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /si³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xy$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁴²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû
*** Hakka Romanization System: su$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: su$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /su²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: su$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /su⁴⁴/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: su$^1$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /su¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ́
*** Sinological IPA : /sy⁵⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆ / sṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sy⁵⁵/, /sy⁵⁵/
* cṳ̆ - vernacular (“to spread; comfortable”);
* sṳ̆ - literary.
* Middle Chinese: syo
Rime :
| Character | 舒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 傷魚切 |
| Baxter | syo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ɕi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥a/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hlja/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 舒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syo › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥a/ |
| English | slow, easy |
| 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 | 舒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15730 |
| Phonetic component | 予 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 書 |
| Old Chinese | /*hlja/ |

### Definitions

舒
* to open up; to unfold; to stretch out; to relax
* (Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Hokkien, Teochew) to spread (a mat, a blanket, etc.)
    舒棉被 [Hokkien] ― chhu mî-phōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to spread a quilt
* slow
* comfortable; leisurely; easy
* a surname
    舒慶春／舒庆春 ― Shū Qìngchūn ― Shu Qingchun (real name of the writer Lao She)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鋪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鋪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鋪 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鋪 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鋪 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鋪 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鋪, 𢭲 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鋪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鋪 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 鋪 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鋪 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鋪 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鋪 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鋪 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鋪 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鋪 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鋪 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 鋪 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 鋪 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鋪, 舒 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 舒 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 舒 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 舒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鋪, 舒 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 舒 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 擺 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鋪, 舒 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 舒 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鋪 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鋪 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 舒 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 舒 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 鋪 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 鋪 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鋪 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鋪 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鋪 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鋪 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 鋪 |

### Compounds

* 不舒坦
* 不舒服 (bùshūfu)
* 亙舒／亘舒
* 仲舒
* 伸舒
* 伯舒拉嶺／伯舒拉岭
* 力盡筋舒／力尽筋舒
* 卷舒
* 和舒
* 哥舒
* 圓舒／圆舒
* 圖木舒克／图木舒克 (Túmùshūkè)
* 安舒
* 寬舒／宽舒
* 展眼舒眉
* 展腳舒腰／展脚舒腰
* 展舒
* 徵舒／征舒
* 心舒壓／心舒压
* 慘舒／惨舒
* 掂腳舒腰／掂脚舒腰
* 探頭舒腦／探头舒脑
* 攄舒／摅舒
* 散舒
* 昌舒
* 暢舒／畅舒
* 曦舒
* 望舒
* 望舒草
* 望舒荷
* 柯舒
* 清舒
* 溫舒／温舒
* 爛若舒錦／烂若舒锦
* 申舒
* 發舒／发舒
* 眉舒目展
* 眼笑眉舒
* 穌舒／稣舒
* 素舒
* 群舒
* 羲舒
* 舒卷
* 舒和
* 舒嘯／舒啸
* 舒坦
* 舒安
* 舒寫／舒写
* 舒展 (shūzhǎn)
* 舒布
* 舒張／舒张 (shūzhāng)
* 舒張壓／舒张压 (shūzhāngyā)
* 舒徐
* 舒心 (shūxīn)
* 舒急
* 舒情
* 舒慘／舒惨
* 舒慢
* 舒憂／舒忧
* 舒憤／舒愤
* 舒懷／舒怀
* 舒戟
* 舒揚／舒扬
* 舒攤／舒摊
* 舒放
* 舒啟／舒启
* 舒散
* 舒暇
* 舒暢／舒畅 (shūchàng)
* 舒服
* 舒榮／舒荣
* 舒泄
* 舒泰
* 舒演
* 舒瀉／舒泻
* 舒爽
* 舒疾
* 舒眉 (shūméi)
* 舒筋活血
* 舒緩／舒缓 (shūhuǎn)
* 舒繹／舒绎
* 舒翼
* 舒聲／舒声 (shūshēng)
* 舒舒
* 舒詳／舒详
* 舒豁
* 舒辟
* 舒達／舒达
* 舒適／舒适 (shūshì)
* 舒遲／舒迟
* 舒釋／舒释
* 舒長／舒长
* 舒雁
* 舒頭／舒头
* 舒頭探腦／舒头探脑
* 舒顏／舒颜
* 舒鳧／舒凫
* 舒鴈
* 舒齊／舒齐
* 荊舒／荆舒
* 蒼舒／苍舒
* 輕舒／轻舒 (qīngshū)
* 迴舒／回舒
* 鋪舒／铺舒
* 開舒／开舒
* 閒舒／闲舒
* 陰陽慘舒／阴阳惨舒
* 陽舒／阳舒
* 雲舒霞卷／云舒霞卷
* 雲舒霞捲／云舒霞卷
* 電舒／电舒
* 霞舒
* 霧舒／雾舒
* 驕舒／骄舒
* 麻舒舒

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょ (sho)
* Kan-on: しょ (sho)
* Kan’yō-on: じょ (jo)
* Kun: のべる (noberu, 舒べる)
* Nanori: のぶ (nobu)

## Korean
### Hanja

舒 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

舒: Hán Nôm readings: thư, thơ
* (only in compounds) chữ Hán form of thư (“idle, unoccupied, to relax”).

### References

* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Trần (2004).