繠

繠 U+7E60, 繠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7E60 ← 繟 [U+7E5F] CJK Unified Ideographs 繡 → [U+7E61]

Translingual

Han character

繠 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 心心心火 (PPPF), four-corner 3390₃, composition ⿱惢糸)

Derived characters

• 𧄜

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 939, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27912
• Dae Jaweon: page 1378, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3455, character 2
• Unihan data for U+7E60

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
惢	*sqʰloːlʔ, *sklol, *sɡlolʔ
蕊	*ŋljolʔ, *ŋljulʔ
蘂	*ŋljolʔ
繠	*ŋljolʔ, *ŋljulʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋljolʔ, *ŋljulʔ): phonetic 惢 (OC *sqʰloːlʔ, *sklol, *sɡlolʔ) + semantic 糸 (“silk”).

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		繠

May be from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(d/n)waj (“to hang from; to cling to; creeper”); see 垂 (OC *djol, “to hang down”) for more (STEDT).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruǐ (rui³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jeoi⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruěi
    • Wade–Giles: jui³
    • Yale: rwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: roei
    • Palladius: жуй (žuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jeoi⁵
    • Yale: yéuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵy̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: nyweX, nywijX

Rime
Character	繠	繠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	支 (12)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如累切	如壘切
Baxter	nyweX	nywijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuᴇX/	/ȵiuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷiɛX/	/ȵʷiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjuɛX/	/ȵʑjuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwiə̆X/	/ȵwiX/
Li Rong	/ȵiueX/	/ȵuiX/
Wang Li	/ȵʑǐweX/	/ȵʑwiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑwie̯X/	/ȵʑwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruǐ	ruǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jeoi5	jeoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋljolʔ/, /*ŋljulʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繠	繠
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12202	12204
Phonetic component	惢	惢
Rime group	歌	微
Rime subdivision	3	3
Corresponding MC rime	蘂	蕊
Old Chinese	/*ŋljolʔ/	/*ŋljulʔ/
Notes	巾箱本作橤

Definitions

繠

1. hanging
2. to gather; to amass
3. soft and downy; pilose

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 繠 – see 蕊 (“stamen; gynoecium; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 蕊).

References

• Jyutping Database (iso10646hk.net) - Cantonese Pronunciation List, p. 177

Korean

Hanja

繠 (eumhun 드리워질 예 (deuriwojil ye))

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 繠