# 緅

| 緅 | U+7DC5, &#32197; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DC5 |
| ← 緄 [U+7DC4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 緆 → [U+7DC6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

緅 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸十水 (VFSJE), four-corner 2794$_0$, composition ⿰糹取)
* silk of purplish color

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 929, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27598
* Dae Jaweon: page 1366, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3410, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7DC5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 緅 :
| Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 陬 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo |
| 棷 | *ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru |
| 掫 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo |
| 緅 | *ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos |
| 趣 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos |
| 取 | *sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ |
| 鯫 | *zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo |
| 棸 | *rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru |
| 鄹 | *ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ |
| 郰 | *ʔsru |
| 齱 | *ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ |
| 菆 | *ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn |
| 箃 | *ʔsru |
| 黀 | *ʔsru |
| 驟 | *zrus |
| 最 | *zloːds |
| 襊 | *sʰoːds, *sʰoːd |
| 蕞 | *zoːds |
| 嘬 | *sʰroːds |
| 諏 | *ʔslo |
| 娵 | *ʔslo |
| 娶 | *sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo |
| 聚 | *zloʔ, *zlos |
| 埾 | *zlos |
| 藂 | *zloːŋ |
| 叢 | *zloːŋ |
| 繓 | *ʔsoːd |
| 撮 | *ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zōu (zou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zou
*** Wade–Giles: tsou$^1$
*** Yale: dzōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzou
*** Palladius: цзоу (czou)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zau$^1$
*** Yale: jāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsrjuw, tsuw, tsjuH
Rime :
| Character | 緅 | 緅 | 緅 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) | 精 (13) | 精 (13) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 侯 (137) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Closed |
| Division (等) | III | I | III |
| Fanqie | 側鳩切 | 子侯切 | 子句切 |
| Baxter | tsrjuw | tsuw | tsjuH |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃɨu/ | /t͡səu/ | /t͡sɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂiu/ | /t͡səu/ | /t͡sio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃiəu/ | /t͡səu/ | /t͡sio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂuw/ | /t͡səw/ | /t͡suə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃiu/ | /t͡su/ | /t͡sio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃĭəu/ | /t͡səu/ | /t͡sĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂi̯ə̯u/ | /t͡sə̯u/ | /t͡si̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhōu | zōu | jù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zau$^1$ | zau$^1$ | zeoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsloː/, /*ʔsru/, /*slos/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 緅 | 緅 | 緅 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 | 3/3 |
| No. | 10624 | 10637 | 10653 |
| Phonetic component | 取 | 取 | 取 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 幽 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 𣠏 | 鄒 | 緅 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsloː/ | /*ʔsru/ | /*slos/ |

### Definitions

緅
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## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* purple silk

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅ (shu)、す (su)
* Kan-on: しゅ (shu)、しゅう (shū)、そう (sō)