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U+5F90, 徐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F90

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

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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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simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

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

Pronunciation

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Note:
  • cy2 - vernacular;
  • sy2 - literary (including surname).
Note:
  • Xiamen, Zhangzhou:
    • chhî - vernacular (including surname);
    • sû/sî - literary.
  • Quanzhou:
    • chhî - vernacular;
    • sîr - literary (including surname).

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ɕy³⁵/
Harbin /ɕy²⁴/
Tianjin /ɕy⁴⁵/
Jinan /ɕy⁴²/
Qingdao /sy⁴²/
Zhengzhou /sy⁴²/
Xi'an /ɕy²⁴/
Xining /ɕy²⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕy⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕy⁵³/
Ürümqi /ɕy⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕy²¹³/
Chengdu /ɕy³¹/
Guiyang /ɕi²¹/
Kunming /ɕi³¹/
Nanjing /t͡sʰy²⁴/
Hefei /sz̩ʷ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕy¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕy¹³/
Hohhot /ɕy³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ʑi²³/
Suzhou /zi¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zz̩ʷ²¹³/
Wenzhou /zei³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰy⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /si¹³/
Xiangtan /ɕy¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰy²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰi¹¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰi¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰøy²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰy²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰøy²¹/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /su³⁵/
/t͡sʰi³⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /sy⁵³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sy²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /si³¹/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (17)
Final () (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter zjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/zɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ziɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ziɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/ziɔ/
Wang
Li
/zĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/zi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ceoi4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ zjo ›
Old
Chinese
/*sə.la/
English walk slowly

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 15782
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*lja/

Definitions

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  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

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Descendants

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

Japanese

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Kanji

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(Jōyō kanji)

  1. slow, gradual

Readings

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Derived terms

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Korean

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Hanja

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(eumhun 천천히 (cheoncheonhi seo))

  1. slow
  2. a surname

Compounds

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: từ

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