# 絮

| 絮 | U+7D6E, &#32110; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D6E |
| ← 絭 [U+7D6D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 絯 → [U+7D6F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

絮 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女口女戈火 (VRVIF), four-corner 4690$_3$, composition ⿱如糸)

#### Derived characters

* 㵖

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 923, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27443
* Dae Jaweon: page 1358, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3400, character 7
* Unihan data for U+7D6E

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 拿 | *rnaː |
| 拏 | *rnaː |
| 詉 | *rnaː |
| 蒘 | *rnaː, *na |
| 笯 | *rnaː, *naː, *naːs |
| 挐 | *rnaː, *na |
| 絮 | *rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas |
| 呶 | *rnaːw |
| 怓 | *rnaːw |
| 帑 | *n̥ʰaːŋʔ, *naː |
| 奴 | *naː |
| 砮 | *naː, *naːʔ |
| 駑 | *naː |
| 孥 | *naː |
| 努 | *naːʔ |
| 弩 | *naːʔ |
| 怒 | *naːʔ, *naːs |
| 袽 | *na |
| 帤 | *na |
| 女 | *naʔ, *nas |
| 籹 | *naʔ |
| 恕 | *hnjas |
| 如 | *nja, *njas |
| 茹 | *nja, *njaʔ, *njas |
| 洳 | *nja, *njas |
| 鴽 | *nja |
| 蕠 | *nja |
| 汝 | *njaʔ |
| 肗 | *njaʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rnaːs, *nas, *snas, *nas): phonetic 如 (OC *nja, *njas) + semantic 糸 (“silk”).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xù (xu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi$^5$ / seoi$^3$ / seoi$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): si
    (Hailu, HRS): si$^ˇ$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cé̤ṳ / sé̤ṳ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sù / sìr / sì
    (Teochew, Peng'im): su$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xù
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syù
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^4$
*** Yale: syù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: seoi$^5$ / seoi$^3$ / seoi$^6$
*** Yale: séuih / seui / seuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soey$^5$ / soey$^3$ / soey$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sêu$^5$ / sêu$^3$ / sêu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɵy̯¹³/, /sɵy̯³³/, /sɵy̯²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si
*** Hakka Romanization System: xi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /si⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: si$^ˇ$
*** Sinological IPA: /si¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cé̤ṳ / sé̤ṳ
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡søy²¹³/, /søy²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sy$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬy⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù
*** Tâi-lô: sù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sux
*** IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kaohsiung): /su²¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr
*** Tâi-lô: sìr
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì
*** Tâi-lô: sì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: six
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: su$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sù
*** Sinological IPA : /su²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: sjoH
Rime :
| Character | 絮 |
| Reading # | 1/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 息據切 |
| Baxter | sjoH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sɨʌ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɔ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /siɔ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sɨə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /siɔ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭo$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯wo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | seoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-na-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*snas/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 絮 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ sjo$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-na-s/ |
| English | raw silk, floss |
| 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 | 絮 |
| Reading # | 3/4 |
| No. | 9620 |
| Phonetic component | 女 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絮 |
| Old Chinese | /*snas/ |

#### Definitions

絮
* (archaic) coarse silk floss
* cotton; cotton wadding
* (botany) pubescence; villus; fine hair
    柳絮 ― liǔxù ― willow catkin
* to wad with cotton or silk floss
* long-winded
* bored; fed up; sick of something

#### Compounds

* 叨叨絮絮
* 吐絮
* 撏綿扯絮 / 挦绵扯絮
* 故絮
* 敗絮 / 败絮 (bàixù)
* 柳絮 (liǔxù)
* 棉絮 (miánxù)
* 漂絮
* 煩絮 / 烦絮
* 粘花惹絮
* 絮凝 (xùníng)
* 絮叨
* 絮搭
* 絮煩 / 絮烦
* 絮紙 / 絮纸
* 絮絮
* 絮結 / 絮结 (xùjié)
* 絮絮不休
* 絮絮叨叨 (xùxudāodāo)
* 絮絮聒聒
* 絮聒 (xùguō)
* 絮語 / 絮语
* 絮鍋兒 / 絮锅儿
* 綿絮 / 绵絮
* 聒絮
* 花絮 (huāxù)
* 蘆絮 / 芦絮
* 蘭因絮果 / 兰因絮果
* 詠絮 / 咏絮
* 話休絮煩 / 话休絮烦
* 隻雞絮酒 / 只鸡絮酒
* 霑泥絮 / 沾泥絮
* 頭絮兒 / 头絮儿
* 飛絮 / 飞絮 (fēixù)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Xù, Nǜ (Xu$^4$, Nü$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ, ㄋㄩˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)
*** 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, literary variant)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Nǜ
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Nyù
*** Wade–Giles: Nü$^4$
*** Yale: Nyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Niuh
*** Palladius: Нюй (Njuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ny⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: nrjoH
Rime :
| Character | 絮 |
| Reading # | 2/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 尼據切 |
| Baxter | nrjoH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɳɨʌ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɳiɔ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /niɔ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɳɨə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /niɔ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /nĭo$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ni̯wo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nǜ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | neoi$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*nas/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 絮 |
| Reading # | 2/4 |
| No. | 9619 |
| Phonetic component | 女 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 女 |
| Old Chinese | /*nas/ |

#### Definitions

絮
* a surname

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chù (chu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chù
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chù
*** Wade–Giles: chʻu$^4$
*** Yale: chù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh
*** Palladius: чу (ču)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: trhjoH
Rime :
| Character | 絮 |
| Reading # | 3/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 抽據切 |
| Baxter | trhjoH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰɨʌ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰɨə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰiɔ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰĭo$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯wo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cyu$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*nas/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 絮 |
| Reading # | 4/4 |
| No. | 9621 |
| Phonetic component | 女 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絮 |
| Old Chinese | /*nas/ |

#### Definitions

絮
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to mix; to stir

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nà (na$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄚˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nà
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nà
*** Wade–Giles: na$^4$
*** Yale: nà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nah
*** Palladius: на (na)
*** Sinological IPA : /nä⁵¹/
* Middle Chinese: naeH
Rime :
| Character | 絮 |
| Reading # | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 泥 (8) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 乃亞切 |
| Baxter | naeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /nˠa$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /nᵚa$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /na$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /naɨ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /na$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /na$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /na$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | nà |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | naa$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*rnaːs/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 絮 |
| Reading # | 1/4 |
| No. | 9596 |
| Phonetic component | 女 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 䏧 |
| Old Chinese | /*rnaːs/ |

#### Definitions

絮
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of silk) disorderly; tangled

### References

* “絮”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “絮”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): じょ (jo)、しょ (sho)
* Kun: わた (wata)

## Korean
### Hanja

絮 • (seo, yeo) (hangeul 서, 여, revised seo, yeo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, yŏ, Yale se, ye)
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## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

絮 (nhứ, tự)
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