# 梳

| 梳 | U+68B3, &#26803; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68B3 |
| ← 梲 [U+68B2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 梴 → [U+68B4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

梳 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木卜戈山 (DYIU), four-corner 4091$_3$, composition ⿰木㐬)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14886
* Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1219, character 6
* Unihan data for U+68B3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sŋra): semantic 木 + abbreviated phonetic 疏 (OC *sŋra, *sŋras).

### Etymology 1

Traditionally thought to be related to 疏 (OC *sŋra, “distant; sparse”), as compared to 篦 (OC *piː, *bis, “fine-tooth comb”) (Shiming; Wang, 1982).
However, Schuessler (2007) considers this to be folk etymology and instead proposes that this is related to Tibetan གཤོད (gshod, “to comb”), Proto-Kuki-Chin *hriat (“to comb; to brush”). STEDT provisionally reconstructs Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g-s-j(w)at (“to comb; to brush”) and also notes possible connection to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-si-t (“comb; rake”).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shū (shu$^1$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): su$^1$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): so$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): so$^1$ / so$^{1*}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): su$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂
    (Meixian, Guangdong): si$^1$
* Jin (Wiktionary): su$^1$
* Northern Min (KCR): sú
* Eastern Min (BUC): sĕ̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): so͘ / soe / se
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siu$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$sy
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sou$^1$
* 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/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: su$^1$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: su
*** Sinological IPA : /su⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: so$^1$
*** Yale: sō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: so$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: so$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: so$^1$ / so$^{1*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /sᵘɔ³³/, /sᵘɔ³³⁻³³⁵/
* so1 - to comb (verb), classifier;
* so1* - comb (noun).
* Middle Chinese: srjo
Rime :
| Character | 梳 |
| 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 | 梳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ srjo › |
| Old Chinese | /*sra/ |
| English | comb |
| 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 | 梳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11792 |
| Phonetic component | 疋 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*sŋra/ |

#### Definitions

梳
* comb; brush (Classifier: 把 c)
* to comb; to brush (hair, etc.)
* (Cantonese, Teochew) Classifier for bunches of fruit, especially bananas.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 梳子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 梳子, 攏子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 梳子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 梳子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 梳子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 梳子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 梳子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 梳子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 梳子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 梳子, 木梳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 梳子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 梳子, 木梳 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 梳子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 梳子, 木梳, 攏子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 梳子, 木梳, 攏子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 梳子, 梳 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 攏子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 梳子, 攏梳兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 攏子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 梳子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 攏子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 梳子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 梳子, 攏子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 木梳 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 梳子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 梳 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 梳 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 梳子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 梳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 梳子, 木梳 wooden |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 梳子, 木梳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 木梳 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 梳子, 木梳 wooden |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 梳子, 攏子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 梳子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 木梳, 木梳子, 木梳兒 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 梳子, 木梳 wooden |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 梳子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 梳子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 梳子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 攏子, 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 梳子, 木梳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 梳子, 木梳 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 梳子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 梳子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 梳子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 梳子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 梳子, 攏子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 木梳 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 梳子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 梳子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 梳子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 梳子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 梳子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 梳仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 梳仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 梳仔, 掠仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 梳 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 梳子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 梳子 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 梳子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 梳仔 |
| Hakka | Dabu (Xihe) | 梳兒 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 梳哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 梳哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 梳哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 梳哩 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 梳 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 梳仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 梳仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 梳仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 梳仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 梳 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 梳仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 梳 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 梳仔 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 梳仔 |
| Hakka | Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) | 梳 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 梳仔 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 梳 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 梳 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 梳 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 梳子, 木梳 wooden |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 梳子 |
| Jin | Datong | 梳子 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 梳子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 梳子 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 梳子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 梳子 |
| Jin | Jining | 梳子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 梳子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 梳子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 攏子 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 梳子 |
| Jin | Handan | 梳子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 梳哦 |
| Jin | Suide | 梳子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 頭梳, 頭梳仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 頭梳, 梳 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 頭梳 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 捋仔, 梳, 梳仔, 柴梳 wooden |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 捋仔, 梳, 梳仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 捋仔, 梳, 梳仔, 捎梳 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 捋仔, 柴梳 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 捋仔, 柴梳 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 捋仔, 柴梳 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 捋仔, 柴梳 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 捋仔, 柴梳 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 捋仔 small, 柴梳 large |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 捋仔, 柴梳 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 捋仔, 柴梳 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 捋仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 捋仔, 頭梳 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 柴梳 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 捋仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 梳囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 梳 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 柴梳, 毛梳 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 梳 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 梳 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 梳 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 木梳 wooden |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 木梳 wooden |
| Wu | Suzhou | 木梳 wooden |
| Wu | Danyang | 梳子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 木梳 wooden |
| Wu | Ningbo | 梳, 木梳 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 頭梳 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 梳子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 梳 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 梳子 |
* (to comb): (Hokkien) 捋 (luō)
* (classifier):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 串 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 串 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 梳 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 梳 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 枇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 枇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 枇 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 梳 |

##### Compounds

* 妝梳 / 妆梳
* 插梳
* 梳妝 / 梳妆 (shūzhuāng)
* 梳妝臺 / 梳妆台 (shūzhuāngtái)
* 梳子 (shūzi)
* 梳櫳 / 梳栊
* 梳洗 (shūxǐ)
* 梳理 (shūlǐ)
* 梳篦 (shūbì)
* 梳裹
* 梳辮子 / 梳辫子 (shū biànzi)
* 梳頭 / 梳头 (shūtóu)
* 油木梳
* 爬梳
* 爬梳剔抉
* 過木梳 / 过木梳

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shū (shu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): so$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): so$^2$
* 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: so$^1$
*** Yale: sō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: so$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: so$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: so$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sᵘɔ⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

梳
* (chiefly Cantonese) Used in transcription.

##### Compounds

* 梳乎
* 梳乎厘
* 梳化
* 梳化床
* 梳化椅
* 梳史
* 梳打 (shūdǎ)
* 梳打埠
* 梳打水
* 梳打餅 / 梳打饼 (shūdǎbǐng)
* 燕梳

### References

* “梳”, 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)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しょ (sho)
* Kan-on: そ (so)
* Kun: とく (toku, 梳く)、とかす (tokasu, 梳かす)、すく (suku, 梳く)、けずる (kezuru, 梳る)、くしけずる (kushikezuru, 梳る)

## Korean
### Hanja

梳 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)
* comb, brush

## Vietnamese
### Han character

梳: Hán Nôm readings: sơ
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