穗

See also: 穂

穗	U+7A57, 穗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A57

← 穖
[U+7A56]

CJK Unified Ideographs

穘 →
[U+7A58]

Translingual

Han character

穗 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+12, 17 strokes, cangjie input 竹木十戈心 (HDJIP), four-corner 2593₃, composition ⿰禾惠)

Derived characters

𬟘

Related characters

穂 (Japanese shinjitai)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 860, character 19
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25298
Dae Jaweon: page 1286, character 22
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2631, character 12
Unihan data for U+7A57

Chinese

simp. and trad.		穗
2nd round simp.		𬜨
alternative forms		𥝩穂𥣼𦼯繐／𰬸 “tassel”

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
韢	*skʰʷeds
繐	sqʰʷeds, ɢʷiːds
憓	*ɢʷiːds
潓	*ɢʷiːds
惠	*ɢʷiːds
蟪	*ɢʷiːds
蕙	*ɢʷiːds
橞	*ɢʷiːds
譓	*ɢʷiːds
鏸	*ɢʷiːds
穗	*sɢʷids

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sɢʷids): semantic 禾 (“grain”) + phonetic 惠 (OC *ɢʷiːds).

Etymology

From Sino-Tibetan; compare Mizo vui (“ear (of grain); to ear”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): suì (sui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xu⁴ / sui⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): seoi⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhui⁵
Gan (Wiktionary): sui⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sui

(Meixian, Guangdong): sui⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): sui³
Northern Min (KCR): hṳ̄
Eastern Min (BUC): sói
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sūi / hūi

(Teochew, Peng'im): sui⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zoe
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): fei⁴ / sei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suì
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suèi
  - Wade–Giles: sui⁴
  - Yale: swèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suey
  - Palladius: суй (suj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suìr
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˋㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suèir
  - Wade–Giles: sui⁴-ʼrh
  - Yale: swèir
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suell
  - Palladius: суйр (sujr)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯əɻ⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xu⁴ / sui⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xy / sui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹³/, /suei²¹³/

Note:

xu4 - vernacular;
sui4 - literary.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seoi⁶
  - Yale: seuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhui⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬui³²/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: sui⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui¹¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sui
  - Hakka Romanization System: sui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su̯i⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /suɪ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sui³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /suei⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: hṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xy⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūi
  - Tâi-lô: suī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sui
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sui³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sui²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hūi
  - Tâi-lô: huī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hui
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hui³³/

Note: hūi - only used in 瑞穗 (Sūi-hūi).

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sui⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sūi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sui¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zoe
  - MiniDict: zoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: fei⁴ / sei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɸe̞i̯⁴⁵/, /se̞i̯⁴⁵/

Middle Chinese: zwijH

Rime
Character	穗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	邪 (17)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	徐醉切
Baxter	zwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ziuɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/zʷi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/zjuɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/zwi^H/
Li Rong	/zui^H/
Wang Li	/zwi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/zwi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s.[ɢ]ʷi[t]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɢʷids/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	穗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suì
Middle Chinese	‹ zwij^H ›
Old Chinese	/*s.[ɢ]ʷi[t]-s/
English	ear of grain
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	穗
Reading #	1/1
No.	5490
Phonetic component	惠
Rime group	至
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	遂
Old Chinese	/*sɢʷids/

Definitions

穗

ear of grain
tassel
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) snuff of a candle
(abbreviation) Guangzhou
a surname

Compounds

一禾九穗 (yīhéjiǔsuì)
一穗三秀
一莖九穗 / 一茎九穗
一莖六穗 / 一茎六穗
三穗 (Sānsuì)
乳穗
六穗
共穗
吐穗 (tǔsuì)
合穗
嘉穗
孕穗 (yùnsuì)
抽穗 (chōusuì)
拾穗
接穗 (jiēsuì)
果穗
煙穗 / 烟穗
燈穗 / 灯穗
燈穗子 / 灯穗子
燭穗 / 烛穗
爐穗 / 炉穗
瑞穗 (Ruìsuì)
盈車嘉穗 / 盈车嘉穗
禾穗
秀穗
秉穗
穀穗 / 谷穗 (gǔsuì)
稻穗 (dàosuì)
穗兒 / 穗儿
穗城 (Suìchéng)
穗子 (suìzi)
穗帶 / 穗带
穗狀花序 / 穗状花序
穗肥
穗軸 / 穗轴
穗選 / 穗选
穗頭 / 穗头
糠穗
紫穗槐
線穗子 / 线穗子
肉穗花序
辮穗頭 / 辫穗头
遺穗 / 遗穗
金穗
金麥穗 / 金麦穗
霜穗
青穗
香穗
駢穗 / 骈穗
騎羊執穗 / 骑羊执穗
麥穗 / 麦穗 (màisuì)
麥穗兩岐 / 麦穗两岐
麥穗兩歧 / 麦穗两歧
黍穗
黑穗病

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02948
“穗”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	穂
Kyūjitai	穗

Kanji

穗

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 穂)

Kyūjitai form of 穂.

Readings

Go-on: ずい (zui)^{←ずゐ (zwi, historical)}
Kan-on: すい (sui)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}
Kun: ほ (ho, 穗)

Usage notes

As in historical on-readings ending in -ゐ, such as "つゐ", "ゆゐ", and "るゐ", most dictionaries do not have "すゐ" and "すゐ" as historical readings for 穗. According to historical data, the on-readings of 穗 are the modern "すい" and "ずい". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten, has the -ゐ historical on-readings.

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

穗: Hán Nôm readings: tuệ

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References

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