# 蔬

| 蔬 | U+852C, &#34092; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-852C |
| ← 蔫 [U+852B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蔭 → [U+852D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蔬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓一山 (TNMU), four-corner 4411$_3$, composition ⿱艹疏)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31839
* Dae Jaweon: page 1518, character 13
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3298, character 2
* Unihan data for U+852C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蔬
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | 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 |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shū (shu$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фу (fu, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): so$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): so͘ / soe / se
    (Teochew, Peng'im): so$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$su; $^1$su
* 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/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фу (fu, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /fou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: so$^1$
*** Yale: sō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: so$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: so$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
*** Tâi-lô: soo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sof
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe
*** Tâi-lô: sue
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soef
*** IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se
*** Tâi-lô: se
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sef
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴/
* so͘ - literary;
* soe/se - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: srjo
Rime :
| Character | 蔬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 所葅切 |
| Baxter | srjo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃĭo/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | so$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*sra/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sŋra/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蔬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ srjo › |
| Old Chinese | /*sra/ |
| English | vegetable, grain |
| 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 | 蔬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11791 |
| Phonetic component | 疋 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*sŋra/ |
| Notes | 見爾雅國語 |

#### Definitions

蔬
* vegetables; greens

#### Compounds

* 亞蔬中心 / 亚蔬中心
* 冷凍蔬菜 / 冷冻蔬菜
* 嘉蔬
* 布衣蔬食 (bùyīshūshí)
* 惡衣蔬食 / 恶衣蔬食
* 時蔬 / 时蔬 (shíshū)
* 有機蔬菜 / 有机蔬菜
* 水耕蔬菜
* 菜蔬 (càishū)
* 蔬圃
* 蔬果 (shūguǒ)
* 蔬糲 / 蔬粝
* 蔬茹氣 / 蔬茹气
* 蔬菜 (shūcài)
* 蔬食 (shūshí)
* 飯蔬飲水 / 饭蔬饮水
* 齋居蔬食 / 斋居蔬食

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǔ (shu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^3$
*** Yale: shǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

蔬
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 糈 (xǔ, “grain of rice”)

### References

* “蔬”, 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–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* greens (vegetables)

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょ (sho)
* Kan-on: そ (so)
* Kun: あおもの (aomono)

## Korean
### Hanja

蔬 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

蔬: Hán Việt readings: sơ
蔬: Nôm readings: sơ
* chữ Nôm form of sơ (“Alternative form of xơ (“rind”)”).

### References

* 1 2 Trần (2004).
* ↑ Trần (1999).
* ↑ Nguyễn (1974).
* ↑ Thiều Chửu (1942).