# 紓

| 紓 | U+7D13, &#32019; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D13 |
| ← 紒 [U+7D12] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 純 → [U+7D14] |

## Translingual
### Han character

紓 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火弓戈弓 (VFNIN), four-corner 2792$_2$, composition ⿰糹予)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 917, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27276
* Dae Jaweon: page 1346, character 10
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3378, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7D13

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 紓
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* 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 |

### Etymology

Compared by Luce to Burmese လျော့ (lyau., “to slacken, subside”). Possibly connected to 舒 (OC *hlja, “to relax; comfortable”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shū (shu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syu$^1$
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: syo, zyoX
Rime :
| Character | 紓 | 紓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) | 船 (27) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 傷魚切 | 神與切 |
| Baxter | syo | zyoX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕɨʌ/ | /ʑɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɔ/ | /ʑiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiɔ/ | /ʑiɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕɨə̆/ | /ʑɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɔ/ | /d͡ʑiɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭo/ | /d͡ʑĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯wo/ | /d͡ʑʰi̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shū | shù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syu$^1$ | syu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥a/, /*Cə.laʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hlja/, /*ɦljaʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 紓 | 紓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shū | shū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syo › | ‹ zyo$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥a/ | /*Cə.laʔ/ |
| English | leisurely | to be remiss |
| 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 | 紓 | 紓 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15732 | 15733 |
| Phonetic component | 予 | 予 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 書 | 紓 |
| Old Chinese | /*hlja/ | /*ɦljaʔ/ |

### Definitions

紓
* loosen, relax, relieve
* extricate

### References

* ↑ Luce, G. H. (1981) “-AW Finals (36. Loose, Slack; to Relax)”, in A Comparative Word-List of Old Burmese, Chinese and Tibetan, London: School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, →ISBN, page 26

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょ (sho)、じょ (jo)
* Kun: ゆるい (yurui)

## Korean
### Hanja

紓 • (seo) (hangeul 서)
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