楈

楈 U+6948, 楈 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6948 ← 楇 [U+6947] CJK Unified Ideographs 楉 → [U+6949]

Translingual

Han character

楈 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 木弓人月 (DNOB), four-corner 4792₇, composition ⿰木胥)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 538, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 15109
• Dae Jaweon: page 926, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1257, character 7
• Unihan data for U+6948

Chinese

trad.		楈
simp. #		楈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹
    • Yale: sēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sjo, sjoX

Rime
Character	楈	楈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	相居切	私吕切
Baxter	sjo	sjoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨʌ/	/sɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/siɔ/	/siɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/siɔ/	/siɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɨə̆/	/sɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/siɔ/	/siɔX/
Wang Li	/sĭo/	/sĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯wo/	/si̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū	xǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1	seoi2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋa/, /*sŋaʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	楈	楈
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11769	11780
Phonetic component	疋	疋
Rime group	魚	魚
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	胥
Old Chinese	/*sŋa/	/*sŋaʔ/

Definitions

楈

1. (Only used in 楈枒／楈丫.) coconut palm
2. plough
3. to plough