# 屑

| 屑 | U+5C51, &#23633; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C51 |
| ← 屐 [U+5C50] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 屒 → [U+5C52] |

## Translingual
### Han character

屑 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸火月 (SFB), four-corner 7722$_7$, composition ⿸尸肖)

#### Derived characters

* 㣯 㨝 㴮 榍 碿 糏

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 302, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7709
* Dae Jaweon: page 599, character 17
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 975, character 5
* Unihan data for U+5C51

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 屑
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 洕 | *lins |
| 佾 | *lɯd |
| 屑 | *slɯːd, *sluːd |
| 榍 | *slɯːd |
| 糏 | *slɯːd |
Originally written 㞕.

### Etymology 1

Wang (1982) compares it to 細 (OC *snɯːls, “fine”), 碎 (OC *suːds, “shattered; fragmented”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xiè (xie$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xue$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sit$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhet$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xiet$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sep
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xiad$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xieh$^4$
* Northern Min (KCR): sŏ
* Eastern Min (BUC): siék
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siat / seh / seeh / sap / sa̍p
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siag$^4$ / siêg$^4$ / siah$^4$ / siao$^1$ / siou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$shiq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sie$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiè
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siè
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^4$
*** Yale: syè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
*** Palladius: се (se)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xue$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xye
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕye²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sit$^3$
*** Yale: sit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːt̚³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhet$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬet̚⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xiet$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕiɛt̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sep
*** Hakka Romanization System: seb$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: seb$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sep̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xiad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /siat̚¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xieh$^4$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiəʔ²/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sŏ
*** Sinological IPA : /so²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siék
*** Sinological IPA : /siɛʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat
*** Tâi-lô: siat
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siad
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛt̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɛt̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seh
*** Tâi-lô: seh
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seq
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /seʔ³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /seʔ⁵/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: seeh
*** Tâi-lô: seeh
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛʔ³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sap
*** Tâi-lô: sap
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sab
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sap̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa̍p
*** Tâi-lô: sa̍p
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sap
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sap̚²⁴/
* siat - literary;
* seh/seeh - vernacular;
* sap/sa̍p - probably substitute for 霎.
* Middle Chinese: set
Rime :
| Character | 屑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 先結切 |
| Baxter | set |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /set̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /set̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /set̚/ |
| Wang Li | /siet̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /siet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xie |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | sit$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-lˤi[t]/
    (Zhengzhang): /*slɯːd/, /*sluːd/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 屑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xiè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ set › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-lˁi[t]/ |
| English | detail, trifle; fragment |
| 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 | 屑 | 屑 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 15063 | 15066 |
| Phonetic component | 佾 | 佾 |
| Rime group | 質 | 物 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 屑 | 窣 |
| Old Chinese | /*slɯːd/ | /*sluːd/ |
| Notes | | 原文⺌作八，見方言 |

#### Definitions

屑
* bits; scraps; crumbs; fragments
    麵包屑／面包屑 ― miànbāoxiè ― bread crumbs
** 2016, 張晏榕, 《動畫導論：美學與實務》 [An Introduction to Animation: Aesthetics and Practices], 全華圖書, →ISBN, page 249:
       Tóng yě shì yī zhǒng kěyǐ kǎolǜ de cáizhì (tú 8.6), bǐjiào róngyì qǔdé, jiàgé yě bǐjiào piányí, jiāgōng bǐjiào róngyì, yīnwèi gòu ruǎn, érqiě tóng suīrán jiào ruǎn, kěshì zài mócā jiārè de shíhòu huì chǎnshēng rènxìng, yòng lǚ zuòwéi cáizhì, jì qīng yòu yìng, rán xiàngduì de jiù cuì, dāng cáizhì cuì de shíhòu, mósǔn jiù huì biànchéng fěnmò, huì yǒu hěnduō xiè, tóng jiù bùhuì. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (literary, or in compounds) trifling; trivial
* (chiefly in the negative) to be worth doing
    不屑 ― bùxiè ― not worth doing
    不屑一顧／不屑一顾 ― bùxièyīgù ― displeasing to look at, "to not be worth one glance"

##### Synonyms

* (bits): (Cantonese) 碎 (suì)
* (trifling):
* 濕濕碎 / 湿湿碎 (sap$^1$ sap$^1$ seoi$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 濕碎 / 湿碎 (sap$^1$ seoi$^3$) (Cantonese)
* 瑣屑 / 琐屑 (suǒxiè) (literary)
* 瑣碎 / 琐碎 (suǒsuì)

#### Compounds

* 不屑 (bùxiè)
* 不屑一顧 / 不屑一顾 (bùxièyīgù)
* 不屑於 / 不屑于 (bùxièyú)
* 乜乜屑屑
* 屑子
* 屑屑
* 屑屑頭 / 屑屑头 ($^7$shiq-shiq-deu) (Wu)
* 屑意
* 屑涕
* 屑窣
* 彥國吐屑 / 彦国吐屑
* 打破頭屑 / 打破头屑
* 抾屑 (Hokkien)
* 抾破屑 (Hokkien)
* 木屑 (mùxiè)
* 棲屑 / 栖屑
* 樓屑仔 / 楼屑仔 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 滴屑屑
* 滴羞跌屑
* 玉屑
* 瑣屑 / 琐屑 (suǒxiè)
* 皮屑 (píxiè)
* 石屑 ($^8$zaq-shiq) (Wu)
* 碎屑 (suìxiè)
* 竹頭木屑 / 竹头木屑
* 粙屑 (Hokkien)
* 紙屑 / 纸屑 (zhǐxiè)
* 纖屑 / 纤屑
* 罯屑
* 羈屑 / 羁屑
* 談屑 / 谈屑
* 鄙屑
* 金屑 (jīnxiè)
* 銀屑病 / 银屑病 (yínxièbìng)
* 鋸屑 / 锯屑 (jùxiè)
* 鋸木屑 / 锯木屑
* 雨仔屑屑 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 頭屑 / 头屑 (tóuxiè)
* 頭皮屑 / 头皮屑 (tóupíxiè)
* 風屑 / 风屑 ($^1$fon-shiq) (Wu)
* 飄香屑 / 飘香屑
* 騷屑 / 骚屑
* 麵包屑 / 面包屑 (miànbāoxiè)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sut
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sut
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sug$^4$
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sut
*** Hakka Romanization System: sud$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sud$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sut̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sut
*** Tâi-lô: sut
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sud
*** IPA (Xiamen): /sut̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sut̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sut̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sut̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sut̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sug$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suk
*** Sinological IPA : /suk̚²/

#### Definitions

屑
* (Hakka, Southern Min) bits; scraps; crumbs; fragments

#### Compounds

* 一屑仔
* 屑囝
* 柴屑
* 紙屑 / 纸屑 (zhǐxiè)
* 這屑仔 / 这屑仔
* 鋸屑 / 锯屑 (jùxiè)
* 鋸屑麩 / 锯屑麸

## Japanese

| Shinjitai (extended) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| 屑󠄂 屑+&#xE0102; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) | Shinjitai (extended) |
| Kyūjitai | 屑 |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* rubbish, waste

#### Readings

* Go-on: せち (sechi)
* Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
* Kun: くず (kuzu, 屑)、いさぎよい (isagiyoi, 屑い)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 屑
* くず Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) くず [kúꜜzù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [kɯ̟zɨ]

### Noun

屑(くず) or 屑(クズ) • (kuzu)
* scrap, waste, bit
* human trash, or a scumbag
    社(しゃ)会(かい)のクズ
       shakai no kuzu
       dregs of society

#### Derived terms

* 紙(かみ)屑(くず) (kamikuzu): wastepaper
* 屑(くず)紙(かみ) (kuzukami): wastepaper
* 屑(くず)鉄(てつ) (kuzutetsu): scrap iron
* 鉄(てつ)屑(くず) (tetsukuzu): scrap iron
* 星(ほし)屑(くず) (hoshikuzu): stardust

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

屑 • (seol) (hangeul 설, revised seol, McCune–Reischauer sŏl, Yale sel)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

屑: Hán Nôm readings: tiết
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