荽

See also: 萎

荽 U+837D, 荽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-837D ← 荼 [U+837C] CJK Unified Ideographs 荾 → [U+837E]

Translingual

Han character

荽 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 11 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 10 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 廿月女 (TBV), four-corner 4440₄, composition ⿱艹妥)

Derived characters

• 𦄫

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1032, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31009
• Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3222, character 5
• Unihan data for U+837D

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妥	*n̥ʰoːlʔ
鵎	*n̥ʰoːlʔ
挼	*noːl, *snuːl
骽	*n̥ʰuːlʔ
脮	*n̥ʰuːlʔ, *nuːlʔ
餒	*nuːlʔ
浽	*nuːlʔ, *snul
娞	*nuːlʔ
鮾	*nuːlʔ
綏	*snul
荽	*snul
鋖	*snɯl
桵	*njul

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *snul): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 妥 (OC *n̥ʰoːlʔ).

Etymology 1

trad.		荽
simp. #		荽
alternative forms		荾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): suī (sui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xu¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ / sai¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sî

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sui¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): sui²
• Eastern Min (BUC): sŭi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sui / suiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sui¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹soe
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suī
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suei
    • Wade–Giles: sui¹
    • Yale: swēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: xu¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xy
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ / sai¹
    • Yale: sēui / sāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ / sai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ / sei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/, /sɐi̯⁵⁵/

Note:

• seoi1 - literary;
• sai1 - vernacular, often written as 茜.

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sui¹
    • Sinological IPA: /suɪ⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: sui²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /suei⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sŭi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui
    • Tâi-lô: sui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suy
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Lukang): /sui³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Kinmen): /sui⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Yilan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: suiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: suinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: svuy
    • IPA (Yilan): /suĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Penang): /suĩ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹soe
    • MiniDict: soe^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹soe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sø⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: si¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si³³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi³³/

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• Middle Chinese: swij

Rime
Character	荽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息遺切
Baxter	swij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swi/
Li Rong	/sui/
Wang Li	/swi/
Bernhard Karlgren	/swi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*snul/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	荽
Reading #	1/1
No.	12597
Phonetic component	妥
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	綏
Old Chinese	/*snul/
Notes	同荾，胡荽譯中古波斯語ɡosniz

Definitions

荽

1. only used in 胡荽 (húsuī) and 芫荽 (yánsuī)

Compounds

• 番芫荽 (fānyánsuī)
• 石胡荽 (shíhúsuī)
• 胡荽 (húsuī)
• 芫荽 (yánsuī)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 荽 – see 葰. (This character is a variant form of 葰).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 荽 – see 萎 (“to wither; to wilt; to decline; to weaken; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 萎).

Japanese

Kanji

荽

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): い (i)、すい (sui)、ずい (zui)、に (ni)

Korean

Hanja

荽 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

荽: Hán Nôm readings: tuy

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References

• Nom Foundation