綴

See also: 缀

綴 U+7DB4, 綴 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DB4 ← 綳 [U+7DB3] CJK Unified Ideographs 綵 → [U+7DB5]

Translingual

Han character

綴 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火水水水 (VFEEE), four-corner 2794₇, composition ⿰糹叕)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27579
• Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3422, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7DB4

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 綴
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
蝃	*tɯːds, *tjod
欼	*sʰrɯʔ
綴	*tods, *tod
醊	*tods, *tod
畷	*tods, *tod
啜	*tods, *djods, *tod, *tʰjod, *djod
餟	*tods, *tod
腏	*tods, *toːd, *tod
錣	*tods, *rtoːd
輟	*tods, *tod
娺	*tul, *rtoːd
窡	*rtoːd, *rtoːd
鵽	*rtoːd, *rtoːd, *toːd
掇	*toːd, *tod
剟	*toːd, *tod
裰	*toːd
敠	*toːd, *sʰlod
惙	*tod
罬	*tod, *ktod
叕	*tod
歠	*tʰjod
逫	*tud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tods, *tod): semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 叕 (OC *tod)

Etymology 1

trad.		綴
simp.		缀

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuì (zhui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³ / zeoi⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chòe / tòe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): duê³ / cuag⁴ / cuêg⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuèi
    • Wade–Giles: chui⁴
    • Yale: jwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juey
    • Palladius: чжуй (čžuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: zeoi³ / zeoi⁶
    • Yale: jeui / jeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³ / dzoey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu³ / zêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³³/, /t͡sɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sue²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòe
    • Tâi-lô: tuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tue⁴¹/

Note: literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: duê³ / cuag⁴ / cuêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuè / tshuak / tshuek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tue²¹³/, /t͡sʰuak̚²/, /t͡sʰuek̚²/

Note:

• duê3 - vernacular;
• cuag4/cuêg4 - literary.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 綴
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂuei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂuei⁵³/ /t͡suei⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡suei⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂuei²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂue⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂuei³¹²/
	Xi'an	/p͡fei⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂuɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂuei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂuei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡suei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡suei¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡suei²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂuei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂuəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂue⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡suei³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡suei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡se̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕy²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕye³²⁴/
	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕyei⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕyəi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søy²²/
	Nanning	/t͡sui³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søy²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sue²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/tuɔi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰyɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tue²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡sui³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trjwejH

Rime
Character	綴
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	祭 (38)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟衛切
Baxter	trjwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʷᵚieiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjwiajH/
Li Rong	/ȶjuɛiH/
Wang Li	/ȶĭwɛiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tods/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綴
Reading #	1/2
No.	17778
Phonetic component	叕
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tods/

Definitions

綴

1. to stitch up
2. to connect; to join
3. to decorate

Compounds

• 作綴 / 作缀
• 前綴 / 前缀 (qiánzhuì)
• 屬綴 / 属缀
• 後綴 / 后缀 (hòuzhuì)
• 拼綴 / 拼缀
• 校綴 / 校缀
• 添綴 / 添缀
• 綴合 / 缀合 (zhuìhé)
• 綴宅 / 缀宅
• 綴文 / 缀文 (zhuìwén)
• 綴旒 / 缀旒
• 綴滿 / 缀满
• 綴白裘 / 缀白裘
• 綿綴 / 绵缀
• 綴綴 / 缀缀
• 綴輯 / 缀辑 (zhuìjí)
• 綴飾 / 缀饰 (zhuìshì)
• 編綴 / 编缀 (biānzhuì)
• 補綴 / 补缀 (bǔzhuì)
• 詞綴 / 词缀 (cízhuì)
• 連綴 / 连缀 (liánzhuì)
• 間綴 / 间缀
• 音綴 / 音缀
• 點綴 / 点缀 (diǎnzhuì)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		綴
simp.		缀
alternative forms		跟 隨／随 塊／块 從／从 掇 跟 隨／随 塊／块 從／从 掇 兌／兑

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tè / tèr / tòe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): duê³

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè
    • Tâi-lô: tè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /te²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /te¹¹/
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /te⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèr
    • Tâi-lô: tèr
    • IPA (Lukang): /tə³¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /tə¹²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tə⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòe
    • Tâi-lô: tuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doex
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Singapore): /tue²¹/

Note: vernacular.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: duê³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tue²¹³/

Definitions

綴

1. (Southern Min) to follow

   • A:無要緊，你tòe 我唱就會。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     A:无要紧，你tòe 我唱就会。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: Chiok Sèng-tàn Ke̍k_01 祝聖誕劇_01, Peh-oe-ji Tai-gu-bun bang-cham 白話字台語文網站 written Taiwanese Southern-Min

     A: bô iàu-kín, lí tòe góa chhiùⁿ chiū ōe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     A: Don't worry, if you sing with me, you'll be able to do it.

2. (Southern Min) to imitate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 跟 (“to follow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		跟, 跟隨, 跟從
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	跟
	Taiwan	跟
	Singapore	跟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	跟
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	跟
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跟
	Wuhan	跟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	跟
	Hefei	跟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	跟
	Hong Kong	跟
	Yangjiang	跟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	跟
Gan	Nanchang	跟
Hakka	Meixian	跈, 跟
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	跈
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	跈
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	跈
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	跈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	跈
Jin	Taiyuan	跟, 相跟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	跟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	跟, 跇
Southern Min	Xiamen	綴
	Quanzhou	綴
	Shishi	綴
	Zhangzhou	綴
	Taipei	綴
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	綴
	Kaohsiung	綴
	Yilan	綴
	Changhua (Lukang)	綴
	Taichung	綴
	Tainan	綴
	Hsinchu	綴
	Kinmen	綴
	Penghu (Magong)	綴
	Penang (Hokkien)	綴
	Singapore (Hokkien)	綴
	Manila (Hokkien)	綴
	Chaozhou	綴
	Singapore (Teochew)	綴
Puxian Min	Putian	綴
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	跟
Wu	Suzhou	跟
	Wenzhou	跟
Xiang	Changsha	跟
	Shuangfeng	跟

Compounds

• 攑香綴拜 / 𫽥香缀拜
• 當綴 / 当缀
• 綴人走 / 缀人走
• 綴前綴後 / 缀前缀后
• 綴尾 / 缀尾
• 綴會仔 / 缀会仔
• 綴樣 / 缀样
• 綴船 / 缀船
• 綴路 / 缀路
• 綴車 / 缀车
• 綴轎後的 / 缀轿后的
• 纏綴 / 缠缀
• 跟綴 / 跟缀
• 陪綴 / 陪缀

Etymology 2

trad.		綴
simp.		缀

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chuò (chuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄛˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻo⁴
    • Yale: chwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuoh
    • Palladius: чо (čo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: trjwet

Rime
Character	綴
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	薛 (84)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟劣切
Baxter	trjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʷᵚiet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈwiat̚/
Li Rong	/ȶjuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*trot/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuò
Middle Chinese	‹ trjwet ›
Old Chinese	/*trot/
English	stitch
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	綴
Reading #	2/2
No.	17809
Phonetic component	叕
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	輟
Old Chinese	/*tod/
Notes	叕轉註字

Definitions

綴

1. alternative form of 輟 / 辍 (“to stop”)

References

• “綴”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 綴

綴

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. to spell
2. compose
3. bind (books)
4. write

Readings

• Go-on: たい (tai)、てち (techi)
• Kan-on: てい (tei)、てつ (tetsu)
• Kan’yō-on: てつ (tetsu)
• Kun: とじる (tojiru, 綴じる)、つづる (tsuzuru, 綴る)、つづり (tsuzuri, 綴り)、すみやか (sumiyaka, 綴やか)

Proper noun

綴(つづり) • (Tsuzuri) 

1. a female given name

Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading influenced by 綴 (MC trjwet).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean ᄃᆑᇙ〮 (Yale: tyuyelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 텰 (thyel)^訓 (Yale: thyel) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

The original reading is 체 (che) based on Middle Chinese 綴 (MC trjwejH).

Historical readings

• Recorded as Middle Korean ᄃᆒᆼ〮 (Yale: tyuyey) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
• Recorded as Middle Korean 튜 (thywu)^訓 (Yale: thyu) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [철]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

綴

綴 (eumhun 엮을 철 (yeokkeul cheol))

1. hanja form^? of 철 (“to connect; to join”)
2. hanja form^? of 철 (“to spell”)

Compounds

• 연철 (連綴, yeoncheol)
• 철자 (綴字, cheolja)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

綴: Hán Nôm readings: chuỗi, chuế, xuyết

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