徐

徐 U+5F90, 徐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F90
← 徏
[U+5F8F]
CJK Unified Ideographs 徑 →
[U+5F91]

Translingual

Han character

徐 (Kangxi radical 60, 彳+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹人人一木 (HOOMD), four-corner 28294, composition ⿰彳余)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 367, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10110
  • Dae Jaweon: page 690, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 825, character 14
  • Unihan data for U+5F90

Chinese

simp. and trad.
徐

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 徐
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lja) : semantic 彳 (“walk slowly”) + phonetic 余 (OC *la)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • Xiamen, Zhangzhou:
    • chhî - vernacular (including surname);
    • sû/sî - literary.
  • Quanzhou:
    • chhî - vernacular;
    • sîr - literary (including surname).

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 徐
Mandarin Beijing /ɕy³⁵/
Harbin /ɕy²⁴/
Tianjin /ɕy⁴⁵/
Jinan /ɕy⁴²/
Qingdao /sy⁴²/
Zhengzhou /sy⁴²/
Xi'an /ɕy²⁴/
Xining /ɕy²⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕy⁵³/
Lanzhou /ɕy⁵³/
Ürümqi /ɕy⁵¹/
Wuhan /ɕy²¹³/
Chengdu /ɕy³¹/
Guiyang /ɕi²¹/
Kunming /ɕi³¹/
Nanjing /t͡sʰy²⁴/
Hefei /sz̩ʷ⁵⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕy¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕy¹³/
Hohhot /ɕy³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ʑi²³/
Suzhou /zi¹³/
Hangzhou /d͡zz̩ʷ²¹³/
Wenzhou /zei³¹/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕʰy⁴⁴/
Tunxi /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
Xiang Changsha /si¹³/
Xiangtan /ɕy¹²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕʰy²⁴/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sʰi¹¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sʰi¹¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰøy²¹/
Nanning /t͡sʰy²¹/
Hong Kong /t͡sʰøy²¹/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /su³⁵/
/t͡sʰi³⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /sy⁵³/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡sy²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵/
Haikou (Min Nan) /si³¹/

Rime
Character 徐
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 邪 (17)
Final (韻) 魚 (22)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 似魚切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/zɨʌ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ziɔ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ziɔ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/zɨə̆/
Li
Rong
/ziɔ/
Wang
Li
/zĭo/
Bernard
Karlgren
/zi̯wo/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xú
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ceoi4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 徐
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xú
Middle
Chinese
‹ zjo ›
Old
Chinese
/*sə.la/
English walk slowly

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 徐
Reading # 1/1
No. 15782
Phonetic
component
余
Rime
group
魚
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
徐
Old
Chinese
/*lja/

Definitions

徐

  1. slowly; quietly; calmly
  2. composed; poised
  3. Short for 徐州 (Xúzhōu, “Xuzhou”).
  4. a surname
    徐霞客  ―  Xú Xiákè  ―  Xu Xiake (Ming dynasty travel writer)

Compounds

  • 徐樓/徐楼 (Xúlóu)
  • 徐橋/徐桥 (Xúqiáo)
  • 徐母罵曹/徐母骂曹
  • 徐穉置芻/徐穉置刍
  • 徐緩/徐缓
  • 徐風/徐风
  • 徐黃/徐黄 (Xúhuáng)
  • 清風徐來/清风徐来
  • 紆徐/纡徐
  • 緩步徐行/缓步徐行
  • 虛徐/虚徐

Descendants

  • → English: Xu, Hsu, Chui, Tsui, Zee, Chee

Japanese

Kanji

徐

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. slow, gradual

Readings

  • Go-on: じょ (jo, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: しょ (sho)
  • Kun: おもむろ (omomuro); おそい (osoi, 徐い)

Korean

Hanja

徐 (eumhun 천천히 서 (cheoncheonhi seo))

  1. slow
  2. a surname

Vietnamese

Han character

徐: Hán Nôm readings: từ

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