翠

See also: 翆

翠	U+7FE0, 翠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7FE0

← 翟
[U+7FDF]

CJK Unified Ideographs

翡 →
[U+7FE1]

Translingual

Han character

翠 (Kangxi radical 124, 羽+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 尸一卜人十 (SMYOJ), four-corner 1740₈, composition ⿱羽卒)

Derived characters

噿, 𡣝, 𫾒, 濢, 𣝦, 𪺀, 璻, 臎, 𥖮, 𬡳, 𮡊, 𫓚, 𮭚, 䕜

Descendants

翆

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 957, character 36
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28732
Dae Jaweon: page 1403, character 21
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3350, character 9
Unihan data for U+7FE0

Chinese

trad.		翠
simp. ^#		翠
2nd round simp.		翆
alternative forms		翆

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 翠
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
晬	*ʔsuːds
祽	*ʔsuːds
綷	*ʔsuːds
淬	*sʰuːds
啐	sʰuːds, suːds, sʰroːds, ʔsud
倅	sʰuːds, ʔsuːd
焠	*sʰuːds
碎	*suːds
誶	suːds, suds, *zud
濢	ʔslulʔ, sʰluds
噿	*ʔslulʔ
臎	ʔslulʔ, sʰluds
醉	*ʔsuds
翠	*sʰuds
悴	*zuds
萃	*zuds
瘁	*zuds
顇	*zuds
粹	*suds
睟	*suds
賥	*suds
卒	ʔsuːd, sʰuːd, *ʔsud
稡	*ʔsuːd
猝	*sʰuːd
椊	*zuːd
捽	zuːd, zud
崪	*zuːd
窣	*suːd
崒	*zud
踤	*zud
錊	*ʔsuːɡ

Etymology

From 淬 (OC *sʰuːds, “to dip into liquid, to plunge, to temper, to dye, etc.”), as kingfishers dive underwater to catch fish (Schuessler, 2007).

The "blue-green, cyan" > "bright" senses are because of the kingfishers' plumages.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): cuì (cui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄟˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): cui⁴

(Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): cuī

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): cuī
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ceoi³

(Dongguan, Jyutping++): cui³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): tui¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhui

(Hailu, HRS): cui^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): cui⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): cui³
Northern Min (KCR): chṳ̿
Eastern Min (BUC): chói
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cui⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhùi

(Teochew, Peng'im): cui³

(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): cui³
Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): cui³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵tshoe / ⁵tshe / ⁵tshuei / ⁵tshei
- (Jinhua): ⁵tshei
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): cei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cuèi
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻui⁴
  - Yale: tswèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuey
  - Palladius: цуй (cuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: cui⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: cui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuei²¹³/
- (Xi'an)
  - Guanzhong Pinyin: cuī
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: cuī
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): cui⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰuəi⁴⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ceoi³
  - Yale: cheui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey³
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɵy̯³³/
- (Dongguan, Guancheng)
  - Jyutping++: cui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui³²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: tui¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhui
  - Hakka Romanization System: cui
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu̯i⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cui^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰui¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cui⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuɪ⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: cui³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡sʰuei⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chṳ̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰy³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chói
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui²¹³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou, Youyang)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: cui⁴
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chu̍i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhùi
  - Tâi-lô: tshuì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhuix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰui⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰui²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰui¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰui²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cui³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshùi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui²¹³/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: cui³
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰui²¹/
Southern Pinghua
- (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
  - Jyutping++: cui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰui⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshoe
  - MiniDict: tshoe^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tshoe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰø³⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshe
  - MiniDict: tshe^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰe⁵²³/
- (Northern: Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshuei
  - MiniDict: tshuei^去
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sʰzʷei⁴⁵/
- (Northern: Ningbo)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshei
  - MiniDict: tshei^去
  - Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡sʰɐɪ⁵⁵/
- (Jinhua)
  - Wugniu: ⁵tshei
  - Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /t͡sʰei⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: cei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰe̞i̯⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 翠
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡sʰuei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡sʰuei⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰuei⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡sʰuei²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡sʰue⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡sʰuei³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡sʰuei⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡sʰuɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡sʰuei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡sʰuei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sʰuei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰuei¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰuei²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰuei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰuəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡sʰe⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰuei³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰuei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰe³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰe̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sʰai⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰye³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sʰe⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sʰei⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡sʰəi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰui²¹³/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰui⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰui⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰøy³³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰui³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰøy³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sʰui²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sʰuɔi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰy³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sʰui²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/sui³⁵/

Middle Chinese: tshwijH

Rime
Character	翠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七醉切
Baxter	tshwijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiuɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰʷi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjuɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰwi^H/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰui^H/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰwi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰwi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ceoi³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*sʰuds/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	翠
Reading #	1/1
No.	17944
Phonetic component	卒
Rime group	隊
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sʰuds/

Definitions

翠

kingfisher, especially a cyan or blue one
kingfisher feathers
green jade; jadeite
blue-green; cyan
bright; distinct

Compounds

珠翠 (zhūcuì)
翠亨 (Cuìhēng)
翠微 (cuìwēi)
翠玉 (cuìyù)
翠生生
翠碧
翠綠 / 翠绿 (cuìlǜ)
翡翠 (fěicuì)
翠花鋪 / 翠花铺 (Cuìhuāpù)
翠菊 (cuìjú)
翠藍 / 翠蓝
翠鳥 / 翠鸟 (cuìniǎo)
鮮翠 / 鲜翠 (xiāncuì)

Japanese

Shinjitai	翠
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]^[3]	翠󠄁 翠+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	翠󠄄 翠+`󠄄`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

翠

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

green

Readings

Go-on: すい (sui)^{←すい (sui, historical)}
Kan-on: すい (sui)^{←すい (sui, historical)}
Kun: かわせみ (kawasemi, 翠)、みどり (midori, 翠)
Nanori: あきら (akira)

Alternative forms

翆

Compounds

翠(すい)雨(う) (suiu)
翠(すい)影(えい) (suiei)
翠(すい)煙(えん), 翠(すい)烟(えん) (suien)
翠(すい)花(か), 翠(すい)華(か) (suika)
翠(すい)霞(か) (suika)
翠(すい)蓋(がい) (suigai)
翠(すい)玉(ぎょく) (suigyoku)
翠(すい)袖(しゅう)紅(こう)裙(くん) (suishū kōkun)
翠(すい)松(しょう) (suishō)
翠(すい)色(しょく) (suishoku)
翠(すい)苔(たい) (suitai)
翠(すい)黛(たい) (suitai)
翠(すい)帳(ちょう) (suichō)
翠(すい)眉(び) (suibi)
翠(すい)微(び) (suibi)
翠(すい)嵐(らん) (suiran)
翠(すい)巒(らん) (suiran)
翠(すい)柳(りゅう) (suiryū)
翠(すい)緑(りょく) (suiryoku)
翠(すい)嶺(れい) (suirei)
翠(すい)簾(れん) (suiren)
翠(すい)楼(ろう) (suirō)
空(くう)翠(すい) (kūsui)
松(しょう)翠(すい) (shōsui)
青(せい)翠(すい) (seisui)
積(せき)翠(すい) (sekisui)
蒼(そう)翠(すい) (sōsui)
暖(だん)翠(すい) (dansui)
晩(ばん)翠(すい) (bansui)
翡(ひ)翠(すい) (hisui)
幽(ゆう)翠(すい) (yūsui)
嵐(らん)翠(すい) (ransui)
偎(わい)紅(こう)倚(い)翠(すい) (waikō isui)

Noun

Kanji in this term
翠
みどり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 翠 – see the following entry.

【緑みどり】3

[noun] green (color)

[noun] verdure

[noun] a new bud or shoot

[noun] (archaic) in the Edo Period, an apprentice to a high-ranking courtesan, from ages six or seven through thirteen or fourteen

[noun] in kabuki and 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”), performing just the main parts of a work and omitting the 狂言 (kyōgen)

[proper noun] a female given name

[proper noun] a surname

(This term, 翠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
翠
みどり Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

翠(みどり) • (Midori)

a female given name

References

^ 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “翠”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1715 (paper), page 909 (digital)
^ Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 971 (paper), page 498 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

翠 • (chwi) (hangeul 취, revised chwi, McCune–Reischauer ch'wi, Yale chwi)

Vietnamese

Han character

翠: Hán Nôm readings: thúy/thuý^[1]^[2]^[3]

chữ Hán form of thuý (“kingfisher (any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines)”)
chữ Hán form of Thuý (“female given name”)

References

^ Trần (2004).
^ Nguyễn et al. (2009).
^ Bonet (1899).

[1] 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014) “翠”, in 字通 (Jitsū)‎^[1] (in Japanese), popular edition, Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN

[2] Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 1715 (paper), page 909 (digital)

[3] Shōundō Henshūjo, editor (1927), 新漢和辞典 [The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Ōsaka: Shōundō, →DOI, page 971 (paper), page 498 (digital)

[gdhn-4] Trần (2004).

[tdcntd-5] Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[bonet-6] Bonet (1899).

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