繡

See also: 繍, 綉, and 绣

繡 U+7E61, 繡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E61 ← 繠 [U+7E60] CJK Unified Ideographs 繢 → [U+7E62]

Translingual

Traditional	繡
Shinjitai (extended)	繍
Simplified	绣

Han character

繡 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 女火中難 (VFLX), four-corner 2592₇, composition ⿰糹肅)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 939, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27913
• Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3462, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7E61

Chinese

trad.		繡/綉
simp.		绣
nonstandard simp.		𰬩
alternative forms		繍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (肅) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
簫	*sɯːw
蕭	*sɯːw
瀟	*sɯːw
潚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
彇	*sɯːw
蟰	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
橚	*sɯːw, *sɯwɢ
嘯	*sɯːwɢs
歗	*sɯːwɢs
熽	*sɯːwɢs
繡	*sɯwɢs
鏽	*sɯwɢs
肅	*sɯwɢ
鷫	*sɯwɢ
驌	*sɯwɢ
鱐	*sɯwɢ
璛	*sɯwɢ

Earliest seen in Warring States Period texts. Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sɯwɢs) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 肅 (OC *sɯwɢ)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiù (xiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siu
• Northern Min (KCR): siu̿
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): siu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siù

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siòu
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu⁴
    • Yale: syòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiow
    • Palladius: сю (sju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau³
    • Yale: sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siu
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯u⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siu̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: siu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiu⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siù
    • Tâi-lô: siù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: sjuwH

Rime
Character	繡
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息救切
Baxter	sjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/siuH/
Shao Rongfen	/siəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suwH/
Li Rong	/siuH/
Wang Li	/sĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]iw(k)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sɯwɢs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	繡
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiù
Middle Chinese	‹ sjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]iw(k)-s/
English	embroider
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	繡
Reading #	1/1
No.	12123
Phonetic component	肅
Rime group	奧
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	秀
Old Chinese	/*sɯwɢs/

Definitions

繡

1. to embroider
2. with rich and bright colors
3. gorgeous
4. embroidered clothing

Compounds

• 亂針繡／乱针绣
• 京繡／京绣
• 刺繡／刺绣 (cìxiù)
• 十字繡／十字绣 (shízìxiù)
• 廣繡／广绣
• 拋繡球／抛绣球 (pāoxiùqiú)
• 文繡／文绣
• 朱門繡戶／朱门绣户
• 洋繡球／洋绣球
• 湘繡／湘绣
• 瓊閨繡閣／琼闺绣阁
• 甌繡／瓯绣
• 白日衣繡／白日衣绣
• 紅繡鞋／红绣鞋
• 絺繡／𫄨绣
• 綺繡／绮绣
• 縟繡／缛绣
• 繡佛／绣佛
• 繡像／绣像
• 繡匠／绣匠
• 繡口錦心／绣口锦心
• 繡墩／绣墩
• 繡墩草／绣墩草
• 繡工／绣工
• 繡帖兒／绣帖儿
• 繡幃香冷／绣帏香冷
• 繡幙牽絲／绣幙牵丝
• 繡床／绣床
• 繡戶／绣户
• 繡房／绣房
• 繡旗／绣旗 (xiùqí)
• 繡林／绣林 (Xiùlín)
• 繡架／绣架
• 繡活／绣活
• 繡球／绣球 (xiùqiú)
• 繡球花／绣球花 (xiùqiúhuā)
• 繡畫／绣画
• 繡眼／绣眼
• 繡簾／绣帘
• 繡花／绣花 (xiùhuā)
• 繡花枕頭／绣花枕头 (xiùhuāzhěntou)
• 繡花針／绣花针 (xiùhuāzhēn)
• 繡荷包／绣荷包
• 繡虎／绣虎
• 繡虎雕龍／绣虎雕龙
• 繡衣御史／绣衣御史
• 繡衣朱履／绣衣朱履
• 繡衾／绣衾
• 繡被／绣被
• 繡補／绣补
• 繡襦記／绣襦记 (Xiùrújì)
• 繡貨／绣货
• 繡針／绣针
• 繡镼／绣镼
• 繡閣／绣阁
• 繡閣長春／绣阁长春
• 繡陌／绣陌
• 繡面／绣面
• 繡鞋／绣鞋 (xiùxié)
• 纂繡／纂绣
• 膏粱文繡／膏粱文绣
• 膏粱錦繡／膏粱锦绣
• 花拳繡腿／花拳绣腿 (huāquánxiùtuǐ)
• 花繡／花绣
• 蘇繡／苏绣
• 蜀繡／蜀绣 (shǔxiù)
• 蠋繡／蠋绣
• 衣繡夜行／衣绣夜行
• 衣繡晝行／衣绣昼行
• 鄂君繡被／鄂君绣被
• 金門繡戶／金门绣户
• 鋪錦列繡／铺锦列绣
• 錦心繡口／锦心绣口
• 錦心繡腹／锦心绣腹
• 錦繡／锦绣 (jǐnxiù)
• 錦繡前程／锦绣前程 (jǐnxiùqiánchéng)
• 錦繡山河／锦绣山河 (jǐnxiùshānhé)
• 錦繡心腸／锦绣心肠
• 錦繡江山／锦绣江山 (jǐnxiùjiāngshān)
• 錦繡河山／锦绣河山 (jǐnxiùhéshān)
• 長齋繡佛／长斋绣佛
• 顧繡／顾绣
• 香閨繡閣／香闺绣阁
• 點繡女／点绣女
• 黼繡／黼绣

 

References

• “繡”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A03180
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “绣”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 267.

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	繍
Kyūjitai	繡

Kanji

繡

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 繍)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: ぬい (nui, 繡い)^{←ぬひ (nufi, 繡ひ, historical)}、ぬいとり (nuitori, 繡)^{←ぬひとり (nufitori, 繡, historical)}、ぬいもの (nuimono, 繡)^{←ぬひもの (nufimono, 繡, historical)}、ぬう (nuu, 繡う)^{←ぬふ (nufu, 繡ふ, historical)}
• Nanori: ぬい (nui)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 繡 – see the following entry.

【繍】H [kanji] hyōgai kanji [kanji] Extended shinjitai form of 繡 Kanji reading: しゅ, しゅう, ぬい, ぬいとり, ぬいもの, ぬう

(This term, 繡, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

繡 (eumhun 수놓을 수 (suno'eul su))

1. hanja form^? of 수 (“embroider”)
2. hanja form^? of 수 (“gorgeous”)

Compounds

• 자수 (刺繡, jasu, “embroidery”)
• 금수강산 (錦繡江山, geumsugangsan, “land of charm and beauty; beautiful land”)

Vietnamese

Han character

繡: Hán Nôm readings: tú

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