# 湑

| 湑 | U+6E51, &#28241; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6E51 |
| ← 湐 [U+6E50] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 湒 → [U+6E52] |

## Translingual
### Han character

湑 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 水弓人月 (ENOB), four-corner 3712$_7$, composition ⿰氵胥)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 636, character 29
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17829
* Dae Jaweon: page 1043, character 26
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1690, character 6
* Unihan data for U+6E51

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 疋 | *ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ |
| 蝑 | *sŋas, *sŋa |
| 壻 | *sŋeːs |
| 婿 | *sŋeːs |
| 胥 | *sŋa, *sŋaʔ |
| 稰 | *sŋa, *sŋaʔ |
| 楈 | *sŋa, *sŋaʔ |
| 諝 | *sŋa, *sŋaʔ |
| 湑 | *sŋa, *sŋaʔ |
| 揟 | *sŋa |
| 醑 | *sŋaʔ |
| 糈 | *sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ |
| 楚 | *sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras |
| 礎 | *sŋ̊ʰraʔ |
| 憷 | *sŋ̊ʰraʔ |
| 齼 | *sŋ̊ʰraʔ |
| 濋 | *sŋ̊ʰraʔ |
| 儊 | *sŋ̊ʰras |
| 綀 | *sŋra |
| 疎 | *sŋra |
| 疏 | *sŋra, *sŋras |
| 蔬 | *sŋra |
| 梳 | *sŋra |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sŋa, *sŋaʔ) : semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 胥 (OC *sŋa, *sŋaʔ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xǔ (xu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^2$ / seoi$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sú / sír / sí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): su$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^3$
*** Yale: syǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheu
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^2$ / seoi$^1$
*** Yale: séui / sēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^2$ / soey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^2$ / sêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯³⁵/, /sɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sú
*** Tâi-lô: sú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suo
*** IPA (Xiamen): /su⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sír
*** Tâi-lô: sír
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sí
*** Tâi-lô: sí
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sie
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁵³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: su$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sú
*** Sinological IPA : /su⁵²/
* Middle Chinese: sjo, sjoX
Rime :
| Character | 湑 | 湑 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 相居切 | 私吕切 |
| Baxter | sjo | sjoX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sɨʌ/ | /sɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɔ/ | /siɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /siɔ/ | /siɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɨə̆/ | /sɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /siɔ/ | /siɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭo/ | /sĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /si̯wo/ | /si̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xū | xǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seoi$^1$ | seoi$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-raʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sŋa/, /*sŋaʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 湑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjo$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-raʔ/ (dialect: *s-r- > MC s-) |
| English | to strain (spirits) |
| 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 | 湑 | 湑 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 11771 | 11778 |
| Phonetic component | 疋 | 疋 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 胥 | |
| Old Chinese | /*sŋa/ | /*sŋaʔ/ |

#### Definitions

湑
* (literary) to strain spirits; to filter out the dregs in wine; to strain alcohol
    alt. forms: 醑 (xǔ)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Yǒu jiǔ xǔ wǒ, wú jiǔ gū wǒ. [Pinyin]
    If I have spirits, I strain them, do I; if I have no spirits, I buy them, do I.
* (literary) lush; luxuriant
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Shangshang zhě huá, qí yè xǔ xī. [Pinyin]
    Splendid are the flowers, And the leaves are luxuriant.
* (literary) bright; clear (of dew)
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Liǎo bǐ xiāo sī, línglù xǔ xī. [Pinyin]
    How long grows the southernwood, With the dew lying on it so bright!

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xù, xū (xu$^4$, xu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ, ㄒㄩ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): su / sir / si
    (Teochew, Peng'im): su$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xù
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syù
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^4$
*** Yale: syù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, variant in Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xū
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syu
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^1$
*** Yale: syū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
*** Tâi-lô: su
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir
*** Tâi-lô: sir
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
*** Tâi-lô: si
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sy
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: su$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: su
*** Sinological IPA : /su³³/

#### Definitions

湑
* A river in Shaanxi

#### Compounds

* 湑水河

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょ (sho)
* Kun: こす (kosu)、きよい (kiyoi)

## Korean
### Hanja

湑 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)
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