糈

糈 U+7CC8, 糈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7CC8 ← 糇 [U+7CC7] CJK Unified Ideographs 糉 → [U+7CC9]

Translingual

Han character

糈 (Kangxi radical 119, 米+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 火木弓人月 (FDNOB), four-corner 9792₇, composition ⿰米胥)

1. sacrificial rice
2. rations
3. official pay

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 911, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27035
• Dae Jaweon: page 1338, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3155, character 18
• Unihan data for U+7CC8

Chinese

trad.		糈
simp. #		糈

Glyph origin

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

	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

Etymology

Likely related to Tibetan སྔོ (sngo, “to dedicate”) (Luce, 1981). Luce also adduces Burmese လှူ (hlu, “to donate, sacrifice”), though this appears phonetically less tenable.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǔ (xu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsü³
    • Yale: syǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi²
    • Yale: séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sy¹
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sy¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy⁵⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
    • Tâi-lô: su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sjoX, srjoX

Rime
Character	糈	糈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	私吕切	踈舉切
Baxter	sjoX	srjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨʌX/	/ʃɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/siɔX/	/ʃiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/siɔX/	/ʃiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨə̆X/	/ʂɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/siɔX/	/ʃiɔX/
Wang Li	/sĭoX/	/ʃĭoX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/si̯woX/	/ʂi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xǔ	shǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi2	so2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋaʔ/, /*sŋraʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	糈	糈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11779	11795
Phonetic component	疋	疋
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime		所
Old Chinese	/*sŋaʔ/	/*sŋraʔ/

Definitions

糈

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Compounds

• 厚糈

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “糈”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 268.

Japanese

Kanji

糈

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しょ (sho)
• Kun: かて (kate)

Vietnamese

Han character

糈: Hán Nôm readings: tư

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References

• Nom Foundation