# 綴

| 綴 | U+7DB4, &#32180; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DB4 |
| ← 綳 [U+7DB3] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 綵 → [U+7DB5] |

## Translingual
### Han character

綴 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火水水水 (VFEEE), four-corner 2794$_7$, composition ⿰糹叕)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 3
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27579
* Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3422, character 1
* Unihan data for U+7DB4

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 綴
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 蝃 | *tɯːds, *tjod |
| 欼 | *sʰrɯʔ |
| 綴 | *tods, *tod |
| 醊 | *tods, *tod |
| 畷 | *tods, *tod |
| 啜 | *tods, *djods, *tod, *tʰjod, *djod |
| 餟 | *tods, *tod |
| 腏 | *tods, *toːd, *tod |
| 錣 | *tods, *rtoːd |
| 輟 | *tods, *tod |
| 娺 | *tul, *rtoːd |
| 窡 | *rtoːd, *rtoːd |
| 鵽 | *rtoːd, *rtoːd, *toːd |
| 掇 | *toːd, *tod |
| 剟 | *toːd, *tod |
| 裰 | *toːd |
| 敠 | *toːd, *sʰlod |
| 惙 | *tod |
| 罬 | *tod, *ktod |
| 叕 | *tod |
| 歠 | *tʰjod |
| 逫 | *tud |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tods, *tod) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 叕 (OC *tod)

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhuì (zhui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi$^3$ / zeoi$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chòe / tòe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): duê$^3$ / cuag$^4$ / cuêg$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhuèi
*** Wade–Giles: chui$^4$
*** Yale: jwèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juey
*** Palladius: чжуй (čžuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeoi$^3$ / zeoi$^6$
*** Yale: jeui / jeuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey$^3$ / dzoey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêu$^3$ / zêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵy̯³³/, /t͡sɵy̯²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe
*** Tâi-lô: tsuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zoex
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sue²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòe
*** Tâi-lô: tuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doex
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tue⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: duê$^3$ / cuag$^4$ / cuêg$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuè / tshuak / tshuek
*** Sinological IPA : /tue²¹³/, /t͡sʰuak̚²/, /t͡sʰuek̚²/
* duê3 - vernacular;
* cuag4/cuêg4 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit綴 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂuei⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂuei⁵³/ /t͡suei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡suei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂuei²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂue⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂuei³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /p͡fei⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʈ͡ʂuɨ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂuei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /p͡fei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂuei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡suei³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡suei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡suei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂuei²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂuəi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂue⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡suei⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡suei³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡suei⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sø³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡se̞⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡ɕy²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕye³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡ɕyei⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡ɕyəi⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡søy²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sui³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡søy²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sue²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /tuɔi²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰyɛ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tue²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡sui³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: trjwejH
Rime :
| Character | 綴 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 祭 (38) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 陟衛切 |
| Baxter | trjwejH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠiuᴇi$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʷᵚiei$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiuæi$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈjwiaj$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶjuɛi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭwɛi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯wɛi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zeoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tods/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 綴 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 17778 |
| Phonetic component | 叕 |
| Rime group | 祭 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*tods/ |

##### Definitions

綴
* to stitch up
* to connect; to join
* to decorate

###### Compounds

* 作綴 / 作缀
* 前綴 / 前缀 (qiánzhuì)
* 屬綴 / 属缀
* 後綴 / 后缀 (hòuzhuì)
* 拼綴 / 拼缀
* 校綴 / 校缀
* 添綴 / 添缀
* 綴合 / 缀合 (zhuìhé)
* 綴宅 / 缀宅
* 綴文 / 缀文 (zhuìwén)
* 綴旒 / 缀旒
* 綴滿 / 缀满
* 綴白裘 / 缀白裘
* 綿綴 / 绵缀
* 綴綴 / 缀缀
* 綴輯 / 缀辑 (zhuìjí)
* 綴飾 / 缀饰 (zhuìshì)
* 編綴 / 编缀 (biānzhuì)
* 補綴 / 补缀 (bǔzhuì)
* 詞綴 / 词缀 (cízhuì)
* 連綴 / 连缀 (liánzhuì)
* 間綴 / 间缀
* 音綴 / 音缀
* 點綴 / 点缀 (diǎnzhuì)

#### Pronunciation 2

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tè / tèr / tòe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): duê$^3$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè
*** Tâi-lô: tè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dex
*** IPA (Xiamen): /te²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /te¹¹/
*** IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /te⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèr
*** Tâi-lô: tèr
*** IPA (Lukang): /tə³¹/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /tə¹²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tə⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòe
*** Tâi-lô: tuè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doex
*** IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Singapore): /tue²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: duê$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuè
*** Sinological IPA : /tue²¹³/

##### Definitions

綴
* (Southern Min) to follow
    From: Chiok Sèng-tàn Ke̍k_01 祝聖誕劇_01, Peh-oe-ji Tai-gu-bun bang-cham 白話字台語文網站 written Taiwanese Southern-Min
    A: bô iàu-kín, lí tòe góa chhiùⁿ chiū ōe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
    A: Don't worry, if you sing with me, you'll be able to do it.
* (Southern Min) to imitate

###### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 跟, 跟隨, 跟從 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 跟 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 跟 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 跟 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 跟 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 跟 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 跟 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 跟 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 跟 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 跟 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 跟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 跟 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 跟 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 跟 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 跟 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 跈, 跟 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 跈 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 跈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 跈 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 跈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 跈 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 跈 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 跟, 相跟 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 跟 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 跟, 跇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 綴 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 綴 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 綴 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 綴 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 跟 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 跟 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 跟 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 跟 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 跟 |

###### Compounds

* 攑香綴拜 / 𫽥香缀拜
* 當綴 / 当缀
* 綴人走 / 缀人走
* 綴前綴後 / 缀前缀后
* 綴尾 / 缀尾
* 綴會仔 / 缀会仔
* 綴樣 / 缀样
* 綴船 / 缀船
* 綴路 / 缀路
* 綴車 / 缀车
* 綴轎後的 / 缀轿后的
* 纏綴 / 缠缀
* 跟綴 / 跟缀
* 陪綴 / 陪缀

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chuò (chuo$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄛˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chuò
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chuò
*** Wade–Giles: chʻo$^4$
*** Yale: chwò
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuoh
*** Palladius: чо (čo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: trjwet
Rime :
| Character | 綴 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 知 (9) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (84) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 陟劣切 |
| Baxter | trjwet |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈˠiuᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʷᵚiet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶiuæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈwiat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶjuɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶĭuɛt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶi̯wɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhuo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyut$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*trot/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tod/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 綴 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chuò |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trjwet › |
| Old Chinese | /*trot/ |
| English | stitch |
| 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 | 綴 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 17809 |
| Phonetic component | 叕 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 輟 |
| Old Chinese | /*tod/ |
| Notes | 叕轉註字 |

#### Definitions

綴
* Alternative form of 輟 / 辍 (“to stop”)

### References

* “Entry #10781”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* to spell
* compose
* bind (books)
* write

#### Readings

* Go-on: たい (tai)、てち (techi)
* Kan-on: てい (tei)、てつ (tetsu)
* Kan’yō-on: てつ (tetsu)
* Kun: とじる (tojiru, 綴じる)、つづる (tsuzuru, 綴る)、つづり (tsuzuri, 綴り)、すみやか (sumiyaka, 綴やか)

## Korean
### Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading influenced by 綴 (MC trjwet).
* Recorded as Middle Korean ᄃᆑᇙ〮 (Yale: tyuyelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 텰 (thyel)$^訓$ (Yale: thyel) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.
The original reading is 체 (che) based on Middle Chinese 綴 (MC trjwejH).
* Recorded as Middle Korean ᄃᆒᆼ〮 (Yale: tyuyey) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
* Recorded as Middle Korean 튜 (thyu)$^訓$ (Yale: thyu) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɭ]
* Phonetic hangul: [철]

### Hanja

Wikisource 綴 (eumhun 엮을 철 (yeokkeul cheol))
* hanja form of 철 (“to connect; to join”)
* hanja form of 철 (“to spell”)

#### Compounds

* 연철 (連綴, yeoncheol)
* 철자 (綴字, cheolja)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

綴: Hán Nôm readings: chuỗi, chuế, xuyết
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