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續
續
Translingual
| Traditional | 續 |
|---|---|
| Shinjitai | 続 |
| Simplified | 续 |
Han character
續 (radical 120 糸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 女火土田金 (VFGWC), four-corner 24986, composition ⿰糹賣)
Descendants
References
- KangXi: page 942, character 40
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28037
- Dae Jaweon: page 1382, character 21
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3465, character 7
- Unihan data for U+7E8C
Chinese
| trad. | 續 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 续 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 續
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|---|---|---|
| Oracle bone script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (儥) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
|---|---|
| Old Chinese | |
| 竇 | *l'oːɡs |
| 續 | *ljoɡs, *ljoɡ |
| 覿 | *l'juːɡ |
| 黷 | *l'oːɡ |
| 讟 | *l'oːɡ |
| 殰 | *l'oːɡ |
| 讀 | *l'oːɡ |
| 櫝 | *l'oːɡ |
| 牘 | *l'oːɡ |
| 儥 | *l'oːɡ, *luɡ |
| 贕 | *l'oːɡ |
| 皾 | *l'oːɡ |
| 瓄 | *l'oːɡ |
| 瀆 | *l'oːɡ |
| 豄 | *l'oːɡ |
| 韇 | *l'oːɡ |
| 嬻 | *l'oːɡ |
| 犢 | *l'oːɡ |
| 匵 | *l'oːɡ |
| 藚 | *ljoɡ |
| 襩 | *ɦljoɡ |
| 贖 | *ɦljoɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ljoɡs, *ljoɡ) : semantic 糸 (“rope”) + phonetic 𧸇.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siu̍k
- Min Dong (BUC): sṳ̆k
- Min Nan (POJ): sio̍k / sòa
- Wu (Wiktionary): zoq (T5)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
- Wade-Giles: hsü4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiw
- IPA (key): /ɕy⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: zuk6
- Yale: juhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk9
- IPA (key): /t͡sʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siu̍k
- Hakka Romanization System: xiug
- Hagfa Pinyim: xiug6
- IPA: /ɕi̯uk̚⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̆k
- IPA (key): /syʔ⁵⁵/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sio̍k
- Tâi-lô: sio̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: siok
- IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔk̚²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔk̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòa
- Tâi-lô: suà
- Phofsit Daibuun: soax
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sua⁴¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /sua¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /sua²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /sua²¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua²¹/
- Note: sio̍k - literary; sòa - vernacular (俗).
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: zoq (T5)
- IPA (key): /z̻ʊʔ¹²/
- (Shanghainese)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 續 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 燭 (8) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 似足切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/zɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ziok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ziok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/zuawk̚/ |
| Li Rong |
/ziok̚/ |
| Wang Li |
/zĭwok̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/zi̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
sú |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 續 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
xù |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ zjowk › |
| Old Chinese |
/*sə.lok/ |
| English | continue |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Character | 續 | 續 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 16034 | 16053 |
| Phonetic component |
儥 | 儥 |
| Rime group |
候 | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision |
0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
續 | |
| Old Chinese |
/*ljoɡs/ | /*ljoɡ/ |
Definitions
續
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
續
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 続)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
續 • (sok) (hangeul 속, revised sok, McCune-Reischauer sok, Yale sok)
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Vietnamese
Han character
續 (tục)
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