# 翠

| 翠 | U+7FE0, &#32736; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FE0 |
| ← 翟 [U+7FDF] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 翡 → [U+7FE1] |

## Translingual
### Han character

翠 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸一卜人十 (SMYOJ), four-corner 1740$_8$, composition ⿱羽卒)

#### Derived characters

* 噿, 𡣝, 𫾒, 濢, 𣝦, 𪺀, 璻, 臎, 𥖮, 𬡳, 𮡊, 𫓚, 𮭚, 䕜

#### Descendants

* 翆

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 957, character 36
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28732
* Dae Jaweon: page 1403, character 21
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3350, character 9
* Unihan data for U+7FE0

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 翠 :
| Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 晬 | *ʔsuːds |
| 祽 | *ʔsuːds |
| 綷 | *ʔsuːds |
| 淬 | *sʰuːds |
| 啐 | *sʰuːds, *suːds, *sʰroːds, *ʔsud |
| 倅 | *sʰuːds, *ʔsuːd |
| 焠 | *sʰuːds |
| 碎 | *suːds |
| 誶 | *suːds, *suds, *zud |
| 濢 | *ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds |
| 噿 | *ʔslulʔ |
| 臎 | *ʔslulʔ, *sʰluds |
| 醉 | *ʔsuds |
| 翠 | *sʰuds |
| 悴 | *zuds |
| 萃 | *zuds |
| 瘁 | *zuds |
| 顇 | *zuds |
| 粹 | *suds |
| 睟 | *suds |
| 賥 | *suds |
| 卒 | *ʔsuːd, *sʰuːd, *ʔsud |
| 稡 | *ʔsuːd |
| 猝 | *sʰuːd |
| 椊 | *zuːd |
| 捽 | *zuːd, *zud |
| 崪 | *zuːd |
| 窣 | *suːd |
| 崒 | *zud |
| 踤 | *zud |
| 錊 | *ʔsuːɡ |

### Etymology

From 淬 (OC *sʰuːds, “to dip into liquid, to plunge, to temper, to dye, etc.”), as kingfishers dive underwater to catch fish (Schuessler, 2007).
The "blue-green, cyan" > "bright" senses are because of the kingfishers' plumages.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cuì (cui$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): chṳ̿
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhùi
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cui$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻui$^4$
*** Yale: tswèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
*** Palladius: цуй (cuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^3$
*** Yale: cheui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chṳ̿
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰy³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi
*** Tâi-lô: tshuì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zhuix
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: cui$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshùi
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰui²¹³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit翠 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡sʰuei⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡sʰuei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sʰuei⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡sʰuei²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡sʰue⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡sʰuei³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sʰuei⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sʰuɨ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡sʰuei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡sʰuei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sʰuei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sʰei³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡sʰuei¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰuei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡sʰuei²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡sʰuəi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡sʰe⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡sʰuei⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʰuei³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰe³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sʰe̞⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sʰai⁴²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰye³²⁴/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sʰe⁴²/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sʰei⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sʰəi⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sʰui²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰui⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰui⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰøy³³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰui³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰøy³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sʰui²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sʰuɔi²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰy³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰui²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sui³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: tshwijH
Rime :
| Character | 翠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (16) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 七醉切 |
| Baxter | tshwijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰiuɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰʷi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰjuɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰwi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰui$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰwi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡sʰwi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cuì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰuds/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 翠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17944 |
| Phonetic component | 卒 |
| Rime group | 隊 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 翠 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰuds/ |

### Definitions

翠
* kingfisher, especially a cyan or blue one
* kingfisher feathers
* green jade; jadeite
* blue-green; cyan
* bright; distinct

### Compounds

* 珠翠 (zhūcuì)
* 翠亨 (Cuìhēng)
* 翠微 (cuìwēi)
* 翠玉
* 翠生生
* 翠碧
* 翠綠 / 翠绿 (cuìlǜ)
* 翡翠 (fěicuì)
* 翠花鋪 / 翠花铺 (Cuìhuāpù)
* 翠菊 (cuìjú)
* 翠藍 / 翠蓝
* 翠鳥 / 翠鸟 (cuìniǎo)
* 鮮翠 / 鲜翠 (xiāncuì)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 翠 |
| Kyūjitai | 翠󠄁 翠+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 翠󠄄 翠+&#xE0104; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* green

#### Readings

* Go-on: すい (sui)
* Kan-on: すい (sui)
* Kun: かわせみ (kawasemi, 翠)、みどり (midori, 翠)
* Nanori: あきら (akira)

#### Alternative forms

* 翆

#### Compounds

* 翠(すい)雨(う) (suiu)
* 翠(すい)影(えい) (suiei)
* 翠(すい)煙(えん), 翠(すい)烟(えん) (suien)
* 翠(すい)花(か), 翠(すい)華(か) (suika)
* 翠(すい)霞(か) (suika)
* 翠(すい)蓋(がい) (suigai)
* 翠(すい)玉(ぎょく) (suigyoku)
* 翠(すい)袖(しゅう)紅(こう)裙(くん) (suishū kōkun)
* 翠(すい)松(しょう) (suishō)
* 翠(すい)色(しょく) (suishoku)
* 翠(すい)苔(たい) (suitai)
* 翠(すい)黛(たい) (suitai)
* 翠(すい)帳(ちょう) (suichō)
* 翠(すい)眉(び) (suibi)
* 翠(すい)微(び) (suibi)
* 翠(すい)嵐(らん) (suiran)
* 翠(すい)巒(らん) (suiran)
* 翠(すい)柳(りゅう) (suiryū)
* 翠(すい)緑(りょく) (suiryoku)
* 翠(すい)嶺(れい) (suirei)
* 翠(すい)簾(れん) (suiren)
* 翠(すい)楼(ろう) (suirō)
* 空(くう)翠(すい) (kūsui)
* 松(しょう)翠(すい) (shōsui)
* 青(せい)翠(すい) (seisui)
* 積(せき)翠(すい) (sekisui)
* 蒼(そう)翠(すい) (sōsui)
* 暖(だん)翠(すい) (dansui)
* 晩(ばん)翠(すい) (bansui)
* 翡(ひ)翠(すい) (hisui)
* 幽(ゆう)翠(すい) (yūsui)
* 嵐(らん)翠(すい) (ransui)
* 偎(わい)紅(こう)倚(い)翠(すい) (waikō isui)

### Noun

* Kanji in this term
* 翠
* みどり Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 翠 – see the following entry. :
| 【緑みどり】3 | [noun] green (color) [noun] verdure [noun] a new bud or shoot [noun] (archaic) in the Edo Period, an apprentice to a high-ranking courtesan, from ages six or seven through thirteen or fourteen [noun] in kabuki and 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”), performing just the main parts of a work and omitting the 狂言 (kyōgen) [proper noun] a female given name [proper noun] a surname |
(This term, 翠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### Proper noun

* Kanji in this term
* 翠
* みどり Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
翠(みどり) • (Midori)
* a female given name

### References

* ↑ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “翠”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎ (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
* ↑ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1715 (paper), page 909 (digital)
* ↑ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 971 (paper), page 498 (digital)

## Korean
### Hanja

翠 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

翠: Hán Nôm readings: thúy/thuý
* chữ Hán form of thuý (“kingfisher (any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines)”).
* chữ Hán form of Thuý (“female given name”).

### References

* ↑ Trần (2004).
* ↑ Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* ↑ Bonet (1899).