# 鏽

| 鏽 | U+93FD, &#37885; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-93FD |
| ← 鏼 [U+93FC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鏾 → [U+93FE] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 鏽 |
| Shinjitai (extended) | 銹 |
| Simplified | 锈 |

### Han character

鏽 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+12, 20 strokes, cangjie input 金中難 (CLX), four-corner 8212$_7$, composition ⿰釒肅)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1321, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40857
* Dae Jaweon: page 1821, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4266, character 1
* Unihan data for U+93FD

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɯwɢs) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 肅 (OC *sɯwɢ).

### Etymology

Related to 鏉 (OC *srus) (Wang, 1982).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiù (xiu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiu$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): sau$^1$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xiu$^4$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): xiu$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xiou$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): siu̿
* Eastern Min (BUC): séu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siù
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siu$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$shieu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xiou$^4$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xiu$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiu
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiəu²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sau$^3$
*** Yale: sau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: seo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐu̯³³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: sau$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sau³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiu³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /siu⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xiou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiəu⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siu̿
*** Sinological IPA : /siu³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: séu
*** Sinological IPA : /siɛu²¹³/
* 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/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siu$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siù
*** Sinological IPA : /siu²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$shieu
*** MiniDict: shieu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$xieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɤ³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: xiou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯əu̯⁴⁵/
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɯwɢs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鏽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 12124 |
| Phonetic component | 肅 |
| Rime group | 奧 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 秀 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɯwɢs/ |
| Notes | 正體從宿又或作銹 |

### Definitions

鏽
* rust (deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation)
* to rust; to get rusty; to corrode; to oxidise
* incrustation
* rust (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)

#### Synonyms

* (rust):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鏽 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鏽, 鐵鏽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鏽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鏽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鏽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鏽, 鉎鏉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鏽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鏽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鏽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鏽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鏽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Fujian) | 鉎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 鐵鏽, 鉎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 鉎, 鐵鉎, 鐵鏽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鏽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 鏽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鏽, 鉎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鏽, 鐵鏽 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鉎 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 鉎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 鉎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 鏽, 鉎 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 鏽 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 鉎 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan Maihua) | 鉎 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鏽 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 鉎 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 鏽 |
| Cantonese | Bangkok (Guangfu) | 鉎 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鏽 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鐵鏽 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 黸哥, 黸 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 黸 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 鉎, 黸 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 鉎 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 黸, 鉎 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 黸 |
| Hakka | Nanxiong (Zhuji) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 鉎 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 鏽 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 黸 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 鉎 |
| Hakka | Changting | 黸 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 黸 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 黸 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 黸 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 黸 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 黸 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 黸 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 黸 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 黸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鉎, 鐵鉎, 黸 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 黸 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 鉎 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 黸, 鉎 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 黸 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Jiexi) | 黸 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鐵鏽, 鏽 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鏽 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鏽 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鉎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鉎, 鐵鉎 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鉎, 鐵鉎 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鉎, 鐵鉎 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鉎, 鐵鉎 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鐵鉎 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鉎 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 鉎 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鉎 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 鉎 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鉎 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 鉎 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鉎 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鉎, 鐵鉎 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鐵鉎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鉎 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Yangjia) | 鉎 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鏽, 鐵鏽 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鏽, 鐵鏽 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鐵鏽, 鏽 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 黸, 鏽 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 黸 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 黸 |
* (to rust):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鏽 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 生鏽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 長鏽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 生鏽 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 生鏽 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 長鉎鏉, 鉎鏉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鏽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 鏽 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鏽, 生業 intense |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鏽 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 生鏽, 生鉎 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 生鏽 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 生鉎 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 生鏽, 鏽 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 生黸, 生黸哥 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 生黸, 生黸雞, 生鉎 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 生黸 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 生黸 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 生黸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 生黸 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 生黸 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 生黸 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 生鉎 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 上鏽 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 生鉎 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 生鉎 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 生鉎 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 生鉎 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 生鉎 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 生鉎 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 生鉎 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 生鉎 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 生鉎 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 生鉎 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 食鉎, 生鉎 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 起鉎, 生鉎 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鏽 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 上鏽, 上鐵鏽 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 生黸, 黸 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 起黸, 黸 |
* (rust disease): 鏽病／锈病 (xiùbìng)

### Compounds

* 不鏽鋼／不锈钢 (bùxiùgāng)
* 不鏽鋼板／不锈钢板
* 刮鏽／刮锈
* 水鏽／水锈 (shuǐxiù)
* 生鏽／生锈 (shēngxiù)
* 茶鏽／茶锈 (cháxiù)
* 葉鏽病／叶锈病
* 鏽彩／锈彩
* 鏽斑／锈斑 (xiùbān)
* 鏽澁／锈澁
* 鏽澀／锈涩
* 鏽然／锈然
* 鏽病／锈病 (xiùbìng)
* 鏽膜／锈膜
* 鏽菌／锈菌
* 鏽蝕／锈蚀
* 鐵鏽／铁锈 (tiěxiù)
* 防鏽／防锈

### References

* “鏽”, 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), A04351
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “锈”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 267.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* rust

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
* Kun: さび (sabi, 鏽)、さびる (sabiru, 鏽びる)

### Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 鏽 – see the following entry. :
| 【錆さび】J | [noun] rust Alternative spelling 銹 |
(This term, 鏽, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

鏽 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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