蔬

蔬	U+852C, 蔬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-852C

← 蔫
[U+852B]

CJK Unified Ideographs

蔭 →
[U+852D]

Translingual

Han character

蔬 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓一山 (TNMU), four-corner 4411₃, composition ⿱艹疏)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1055, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31839
Dae Jaweon: page 1518, character 13
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3298, character 2
Unihan data for U+852C

Chinese

trad.		蔬
simp. ^#		蔬
2nd round simp.		𦬸

Glyph origin

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

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

	Old Chinese
疋	ŋraːʔ, sŋra, *sŋraʔ
蝑	sŋas, sŋa
壻	*sŋeːs
婿	*sŋeːs
胥	sŋa, sŋaʔ
稰	sŋa, sŋaʔ
楈	sŋa, sŋaʔ
諝	sŋa, sŋaʔ
湑	sŋa, sŋaʔ
揟	*sŋa
醑	*sŋaʔ
糈	sŋaʔ, sŋraʔ
楚	sŋ̊ʰraʔ, sŋ̊ʰras
礎	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
憷	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
齼	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
濋	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
儊	*sŋ̊ʰras
綀	*sŋra
疎	*sŋra
疏	sŋra, sŋras
蔬	*sŋra
梳	*sŋra

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sŋra): semantic 艹 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 疏 (OC *sŋra, *sŋras)

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shū (shu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): фу (fu, I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): so͘ / soe / se

(Teochew, Peng'im): so¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵su; ¹su

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shu
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹
  - Yale: shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: фу (fu, I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fou²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: so¹
  - Yale: sō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: so¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
  - Tâi-lô: soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sof
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe
  - Tâi-lô: sue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soef
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se
  - Tâi-lô: se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴/

Note:

so͘ - literary;
soe/se - vernacular.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: so¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /so³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵su; ¹su
  - MiniDict: su^去; su^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²su; ¹su
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su³⁴/, /su⁵³/

Note: 1su - only in 蔬菜.

Middle Chinese: srjo

Rime
Character	蔬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所葅切
Baxter	srjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ʃiɔ/
Wang Li	/ʃĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sra/

(Zhengzhang): /*sŋra/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蔬
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū
Middle Chinese	‹ srjo ›
Old Chinese	/*sra/
English	vegetable, 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	蔬
Reading #	1/1
No.	11791
Phonetic component	疋
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sŋra/
Notes	見爾雅國語

Definitions

蔬

vegetables; greens

Compounds

亞蔬中心 / 亚蔬中心
冷凍蔬菜 / 冷冻蔬菜
嘉蔬
布衣蔬食 (bùyīshūshí)
惡衣蔬食 / 恶衣蔬食
時蔬 / 时蔬 (shíshū)
有機蔬菜 / 有机蔬菜
水耕蔬菜
菜蔬 (càishū)
蔬圃
蔬果 (shūguǒ)
蔬糲 / 蔬粝
蔬茹氣 / 蔬茹气
蔬菜 (shūcài)
蔬食 (shūshí)
飯蔬飲水 / 饭蔬饮水
齋居蔬食 / 斋居蔬食

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǔ (shu³)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
  - Wade–Giles: shu³
  - Yale: shǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴/

Definitions

蔬

(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 糈 (xǔ, “grain of rice”)

References

“蔬”, 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

Kanji

蔬

(Hyōgai kanji)

greens (vegetables)

Readings

Go-on: しょ (sho)
Kan-on: そ (so)
Kun: あおもの (aomono)

Korean

Hanja

蔬 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蔬: Hán Việt readings: sơ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
蔬: Nôm readings: sơ^[1]

chữ Nôm form of sơ (“alternative form of xơ (“rind”)”)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Trần (2004).
^ Trần (1999).
^ Nguyễn (1974).
^ Thiều Chửu (1942).

[gdhn-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Trần (2004).

[tvctdhv-2] Trần (1999).

[hvttd-3] Nguyễn (1974).

[tchvtd-4] Thiều Chửu (1942).

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