綏

See also: 绥

綏	U+7D8F, 綏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D8F

← 綎
[U+7D8E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

綐 →
[U+7D90]

Translingual

Han character

綏 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 女火月女 (VFBV), four-corner 2294₄, composition ⿰糹妥)

soothe, appease, pacify
carriage harness

Derived characters

𬧗, 䕑

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 925, character 17
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27501
Dae Jaweon: page 1360, character 25
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3406, character 1
Unihan data for U+7D8F

Chinese

trad.		綏
simp.		绥

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *snul): semantic 糹 (“silk”) + phonetic 妥 (OC *n̥ʰoːlʔ, “to comfort”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suí, suī

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟˊ, ㄙㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sui

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suí
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suéi
  - Wade–Giles: sui²
  - Yale: swéi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: swei
  - Palladius: суй (suj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suei
  - Wade–Giles: sui¹
  - Yale: swēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
  - Palladius: суй (suj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seoi¹
  - Yale: sēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sui
  - Tâi-lô: sui
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suy
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sui³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sui⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: swij

Rime
Character	綏
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
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s.nuj/

(Zhengzhang): /*snul/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suí
Middle Chinese	‹ swij ›
Old Chinese	/*s.nuj/
English	comfort (v.)
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	綏
Reading #	1/1
No.	12596
Phonetic component	妥
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*snul/

Definitions

綏

(literary) cord held when mounting a carriage
(literary) to pacify; to placate
- 惠此中國，以綏四方。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  惠此中国，以绥四方。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Huì cǐ Zhōngguó, yǐ suí sìfāng. [Pinyin]
  Let us cherish this centre of the kingdom,
  To secure the repose of the four quarters of it.
(historical) short for 綏遠／绥远 (Suíyuǎn, “Suiyuan province”)

Compounds

交綏 / 交绥
寵綏 / 宠绥
平綏鐵路 / 平绥铁路
惠綏 / 惠绥
撫綏 / 抚绥 (fǔsuí)
歸綏 / 归绥 (Guīsuí)
死綏 / 死绥
福履增綏 / 福履增绥
綏來 / 绥来 (Suílái)
綏定 / 绥定 (suídìng)
綏寧 / 绥宁 (suíníng)
綏撫 / 绥抚
綏服 / 绥服
綏綏 / 绥绥
綏芬河 / 绥芬河 (Suífēnhé)
綏遠 / 绥远 (Suíyuǎn)
綏靖 / 绥靖 (suíjìng)
綏靖主義 / 绥靖主义 (suíjìng zhǔyì)
蔘綏 / 𦲞绥
靖綏 / 靖绥

Japanese

Kanji

綏

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: すい (sui)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}
Kan-on: すい (sui)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}
On: た (ta)
Kun: やすい (yasui, 綏い)
Nanori: たかし (takashi)、やす (yasu)、やすし (yasushi)

Korean

Hanja

綏 • (yu, su) (hangeul 유, 수, revised yu, su, McCune–Reischauer yu, su, Yale yu, swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

綏: Hán Nôm readings: tuy, nối

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