# 繡

| 繡 | U+7E61, &#32353; 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 2592$_7$, 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
### Glyph origin

| | 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 (xiu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sau$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siu
* Northern Min (KCR): siu̿
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siù
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiù
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siòu
*** Wade–Giles: hsiu$^4$
*** Yale: syòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiow
*** Palladius: сю (sju)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^3$
*** Yale: sau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐu̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siu
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯u⁵⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siu̿
*** Sinological IPA : /siu³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: siu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /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$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /si̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sau$^3$ |
* 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
* to embroider
* with rich and bright colors
* gorgeous
* embroidered clothing

### Compounds

* 亂針繡／乱针绣
* 京繡／京绣
* 刺繡／刺绣 (cìxiù)
* 十字繡／十字绣 (shízìxiù)
* 廣繡／广绣
* 拋繡球／抛绣球 (pāoxiùqiú)
* 文繡／文绣
* 朱門繡戶／朱门绣户
* 洋繡球／洋绣球
* 湘繡／湘绣
* 瓊閨繡閣／琼闺绣阁
* 甌繡／瓯绣
* 白日衣繡／白日衣绣
* 紅繡鞋／红绣鞋
* 絺繡／𫄨绣
* 綺繡／绮绣
* 縟繡／缛绣
* 繡佛／绣佛
* 繡像／绣像
* 繡匠／绣匠
* 繡口錦心／绣口锦心
* 繡墩／绣墩
* 繡墩草／绣墩草
* 繡工／绣工
* 繡帖兒／绣帖儿
* 繡幃香冷／绣帏香冷
* 繡幙牽絲／绣幙牵丝
* 繡床／绣床
* 繡戶／绣户
* 繡房／绣房
* 繡旗／绣旗 (xiùqí)
* 繡林／绣林 (Xiùlín)
* 繡架／绣架
* 繡活／绣活
* 繡球／绣球 (xiùqiú)
* 繡球花／绣球花 (xiùqiúhuā)
* 繡畫／绣画
* 繡眼／绣眼
* 繡簾／绣帘
* 繡花／绣花 (xiùhuā)
* 繡花枕頭／绣花枕头 (xiùhuāzhěntou)
* 繡花針／绣花针 (xiùhuāzhēn)
* 繡荷包／绣荷包
* 繡虎／绣虎
* 繡虎雕龍／绣虎雕龙
* 繡衣御史／绣衣御史
* 繡衣朱履／绣衣朱履
* 繡衾／绣衾
* 繡被／绣被
* 繡補／绣补
* 繡襦記／绣襦记 (Xiùrújì)
* 繡貨／绣货
* 繡針／绣针
* 繡镼／绣镼
* 繡閣／绣阁
* 繡閣長春／绣阁长春
* 繡陌／绣陌
* 繡面／绣面
* 繡鞋／绣鞋 (xiùxié)
* 纂繡／纂绣
* 膏粱文繡／膏粱文绣
* 膏粱錦繡／膏粱锦绣
* 花拳繡腿／花拳绣腿 (huāquánxiùtuǐ)
* 花繡／花绣
* 蘇繡／苏绣
* 蜀繡／蜀绣 (shǔxiù)
* 蠋繡／蠋绣
* 衣繡夜行／衣绣夜行
* 衣繡晝行／衣绣昼行
* 鄂君繡被／鄂君绣被
* 金門繡戶／金门绣户
* 鋪錦列繡／铺锦列绣
* 錦心繡口／锦心绣口
* 錦心繡腹／锦心绣腹
* 錦繡／锦绣 (jǐnxiù)
* 錦繡前程／锦绣前程 (jǐnxiùqiánchéng)
* 錦繡山河／锦绣山河 (jǐnxiùshānhé)
* 錦繡心腸／锦绣心肠
* 錦繡江山／锦绣江山 (jǐnxiùjiāngshān)
* 錦繡河山／锦绣河山 (jǐnxiùhéshān)
* 長齋繡佛／长斋绣佛
* 顧繡／顾绣
* 香閨繡閣／香闺绣阁
* 點繡女／点绣女
* 黼繡／黼绣

### References

* “繡”, 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–
* 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

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 繍)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
* Kun: ぬい (nui, 繡い)、ぬいとり (nuitori, 繡)、ぬいもの (nuimono, 繡)、ぬう (nuu, 繡う)
* 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 수놓을 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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