屑

屑 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 尸火月 (SFB), four-corner 7722₇, composition ⿸尸肖)

• 㣯 㨝 㴮 榍 碿 糏

• KangXi: page 302, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7709
• Dae Jaweon: page 599, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 975, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5C51

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

Originally written 㞕.

Wang (1982) compares it to 細 (OC *snɯːls, “fine”), 碎 (OC *suːds, “shattered; fragmented”).

屑

1. bits; scraps; crumbs; fragments

   麵包屑／面包屑  ―  miànbāoxiè  ―  bread crumbs

   • 2016, 張晏榕, 《動畫導論：美學與實務》 [An Introduction to Animation: Aesthetics and Practices], 全華圖書, →ISBN, page 249:

     銅也是一種可以考慮的材質（圖8.6），比較容易取得，價格也比較便宜，加工比較容易，因為夠軟，而且銅雖然較軟，可是在磨擦加熱的時候會產生韌性，用鋁做爲材質，既輕又硬，然相對的就脆，當材質脆的時候，磨損就會變成粉末，會有很多屑，銅就不會。 [MSC, trad.]
     铜也是一种可以考虑的材质（图8.6），比较容易取得，价格也比较便宜，加工比较容易，因为够软，而且铜虽然较软，可是在磨擦加热的时候会产生韧性，用铝做为材质，既轻又硬，然相对的就脆，当材质脆的时候，磨损就会变成粉末，会有很多屑，铜就不会。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tóng yě shì yī zhǒng kěyǐ kǎolǜ de cáizhì (tú 8.6), bǐjiào róngyì qǔdé, jiàgé yě bǐjiào piányí, jiāgōng bǐjiào róngyì, yīnwèi gòu ruǎn, érqiě tóng suīrán jiào ruǎn, kěshì zài mócā jiārè de shíhòu huì chǎnshēng rènxìng, yòng lǚ zuòwéi cáizhì, jì qīng yòu yìng, rán xiàngduì de jiù cuì, dāng cáizhì cuì de shíhòu, mósǔn jiù huì biànchéng fěnmò, huì yǒu hěnduō xiè, tóng jiù bùhuì. [Pinyin]

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2. (literary, or in compounds) trifling; trivial
3. (chiefly in the negative) to be worth doing

   不屑  ―  bùxiè  ―  not worth doing

   不屑一顧／不屑一顾  ―  bùxièyīgù  ―  displeasing to look at, "to not be worth one glance"

• (bits): (Cantonese) 碎 (suì)
• (trifling):

屑

1. (Hakka, Min Nan) bits; scraps; crumbs; fragments

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. rubbish, waste

• Go-on: せち (sechi)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu)
• Kun: くず (kuzu, 屑)^{←くづ (kudu, 屑, historical)}; いさぎよい (isagiyoi, 屑い)

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• (Tokyo) く​ず [kúꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝ]

屑(くず) • (kuzu) ^{←くづ (kudu)?}

1. scrap, waste, bit
2. human trash, or a scumbag

   社(しゃ)会(かい)のクズ

   shakai no kuzu

   dregs of society

屑 • (seol) (hangeul 설, revised seol, McCune–Reischauer sŏl, Yale sel)

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屑: Hán Nôm readings: tiết

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