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U+5F90, 徐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F90

[U+5F8F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5F91]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 60, +7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹人人一木 (HOOMD), four-corner 28294, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 367, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10110
  • Dae Jaweon: page 690, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 825, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5F90

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *lja): semantic (walk slowly) + phonetic (OC *la)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • sy2 - literary (including surname);
  • cy2 - vernacular.

  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. slowly; quietly; calmly
  2. composed; poised
  3. short for 徐州 (Xúzhōu, “Xuzhou”)
  4. a surname
       Xiákè   Xu Xiake (Ming dynasty travel writer)

Compounds

Descendants

  • English: Xu, Hsu, Chui, Tsui, Zee, Chee

References

  • ”, 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
  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 139.
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Japanese

Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. slow, gradual

Readings

  • Go-on: じょ (jo, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: しょ (sho)
  • Kun: おもむろ (omomuro, 徐ろ)おもむろに (omomuro ni, 徐ろに)おそい (osoi, 徐い)

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 천천히 (cheoncheonhi seo))

  1. slow
  2. a surname

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: từ

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