髓

See also: 膸

髓 U+9AD3, 髓 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9AD3 ← 髒 [U+9AD2] CJK Unified Ideographs 體 → [U+9AD4]

Translingual

Han character

髓 (Kangxi radical 188, 骨+13, 23 strokes, cangjie input 月月卜大月 (BBYKB), four-corner 7423₂, composition ⿰骨遀)

Derived characters

• 𤅵

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1451, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45289
• Dae Jaweon: page 1977, character 41
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4418, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9AD3

Chinese

trad.		髓
simp. #		髓
alternative forms		髄

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
鬌	*ʔl'oːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *l'ol
隋	*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *ljol
墮	*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːlʔ, *hlol
媠	*l̥ʰoːlʔ, *l'oːls
橢	*l̥ʰoːlʔ
嫷	*l̥ʰoːls, *l'oːlʔ
毻	*l̥ʰoːls, *l̥ʰoːds
堶	*l'oːl
憜	*l'oːlʔ
惰	*l'oːlʔ, *l'oːls
嶞	*l'oːlʔ
髓	*slolʔ
瀡	*slolʔ, *slols
隨	*ljol
隓	*hlol
隳	*hlol
撱	*lolʔ

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructs 髓 (OC *soiʔ) further from uncertainly reconstructed ancestor *swaiʔ, which he deems possibly related to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swiʔ (“blood”), some of whose reflexes mean "marrow": e.g. Jingpho lə səwi, Taraon [Term?] (ɹu⁵³ su⁵³), Drung [Term?] (mɯ³¹ sĭʔ⁵⁵), Limbu [script needed] (siː), Chang [Term?] (hʌ̀i).

However, the Old Chinese pronunciation of 髓 is also reconstructed as *slolʔ (ZS) and *s-lojʔ (B-S) with medial *-l-, if so, it would be unrelated to *swiʔ.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǐ (sui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sùi

  (Hailu, HRS): sui

  (Meixian, Guangdong): sui³

• Eastern Min (BUC): chōi
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): coe³ / cuei³ / cui³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhé / chhér / chhóe / súi / chhúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cuê²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shi / ⁶zoe / ⁵si / ⁵soe / ⁷siq / ⁴zoe / ³se / ³syu / ²ze / ⁵shiu / ³si / ³shi / ⁷shiq / ⁵shi / ⁵se
  • (Jinhua): ³si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suěi
    • Wade–Giles: sui³
    • Yale: swěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soei
    • Palladius: суй (suj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: seoi⁵
    • Yale: séuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sùi
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sui²
    • Sinological IPA: /su̯i¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: sui
    • Sinological IPA: /sui⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: sui³
    • Sinological IPA: /suɪ³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰøy³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: coe³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chê̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰø⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: coe³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰø³³²/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cuei³
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chôi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuei⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: cui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui³³²/

Note:

• coe3 - vernacular;
• cue3/cui3 - literary.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Hsinchu, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhé
    • Tâi-lô: tshé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhea
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰe⁵³/
    • IPA (Philippines): /t͡sʰe⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhér
    • Tâi-lô: tshér
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰə⁵⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰə⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰə⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhóe
    • Tâi-lô: tshué
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhoea
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan): /t͡sʰue⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: súi
    • Tâi-lô: suí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sui⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhúi
    • Tâi-lô: tshuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhuie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui⁵³/
Note:
• chhé/chhér/chhóe - vernacular;
• súi/chhúi - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cuê²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshué
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰue⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi
    • MiniDict: shi^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɕi⁵²/
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe
    • MiniDict: zoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/
  • (Northern: Jiading)
    • Wugniu: ⁵si
    • MiniDict: si^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /si³⁴/
  • (Northern: Jiading)
    • Wugniu: ⁵soe
    • MiniDict: soe^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /sø³⁴/
  • (Northern: Songjiang, Chuansha)
    • Wugniu: ⁷siq
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /siɪʔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Chuansha): /siɪʔ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Chuansha)
    • Wugniu: ⁴zoe
    • Sinological IPA (Chuansha): /zø²¹³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou, Jingjiang)
    • Wugniu: ³se
    • MiniDict: se^上
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /se⁵¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Jingjiang): /se³⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ³syu
    • MiniDict: syu^上
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sz̩ʷ⁵¹/
  • (Northern: Kunshan)
    • Wugniu: ²ze
    • Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /zei¹³/
  • (Northern: Jiaxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiu
    • MiniDict: shiu^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /ɕy³³⁴/
  • (Northern: Tongxiang)
    • Wugniu: ³si
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /si⁵³/
  • (Northern: Haiyan, Xiaoshan, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ³shi
    • Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /ɕi³⁴³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /ɕi³⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /ɕi³⁵/
  • (Northern: Deqing)
    • Wugniu: ⁷shiq
    • Sinological IPA (Deqing): /ɕiəʔ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shi
    • MiniDict: shi^去
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ɕi³³/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁵se
    • MiniDict: se^去
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /se³³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ³si
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /si⁵³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjweX

Rime
Character	髓
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	支 (12)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息委切
Baxter	sjweX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siuᴇX/
Pan Wuyun	/sʷiɛX/
Shao Rongfen	/sjuɛX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swiə̆X/
Li Rong	/siueX/
Wang Li	/sǐweX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/swie̯X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-lojʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*slolʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	髓
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ sjweX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-lojʔ/
English	marrow
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	髓
Reading #	1/1
No.	5433
Phonetic component	隓
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	髓
Old Chinese	/*slolʔ/

Definitions

髓

1. bone marrow
2. pith; medulla
3. essence; substance

Compounds

• 延髓 (yánsuǐ)
• 心髓 (xīnsuǐ)
• 恨入心髓 (hènrùxīnsuǐ)
• 恨入骨髓 (hènrùgǔsuǐ)
• 牙髓 (yásuǐ)
• 玉髓 (yùsuǐ)
• 白髓 (báisuǐ)
• 石髓 (shísuǐ)
• 精髓 (jīngsuǐ)
• 紅髓 / 红髓 (hóngsuǐ)
• 脊髓
• 腦髓 / 脑髓 (nǎosuǐ)
• 頭髓 / 头髓
• 食髓知味
• 骨髓 (gǔsuǐ)
• 骨髓炎 (gǔsuǐyán)
• 骨髓腔 (gǔsuǐqiāng)
• 髓核 (suǐhé)
• 髓腔 (suǐqiāng)
• 髓質 / 髓质 (suǐzhì)
• 髓鞘 (suǐqiào)
• 齒髓 / 齿髓
• 龍肝鳳髓 / 龙肝凤髓 (lónggānfèngsuǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (髓):

• → Vietnamese: tuỷ (髓)

Japanese

Shinjitai	髄
Kyūjitai	髓

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 髓

髓

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 髄)

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Readings

• Go-on: すい (sui)
• Kan-on: すい (sui)
• Kan’yō-on: ずい (zui)^{←ずゐ (zwi, historical)}

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 髓 (MC sjweX). Recorded as Middle Korean 슈〯 (sywǔ) (Yale: syu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

髓

髓 (eumhun 뼛골 수 (ppyeotgol su))

1. hanja form^? of 수 (“bone marrow”)

Compounds

• 골수 (骨髓, golsu)
• 골수염 (骨髓炎, golsuyeom)
• 뇌수 (腦髓, noesu)
• 수액 (髓液, suaek)
• 수초 (髓鞘, sucho)
• 연수 (延髓, yeonsu)
• 정수 (精髓, jeongsu)
• 진수 (眞髓, jinsu)
• 척수 (脊髓, cheoksu)

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

髓: Hán Nôm readings: tủy/tuỷ

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