手書

Chinese

		hand; convenient; ‑er	book; letter
trad. (手書)		手	書
simp. (手书)		手	书

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒushū

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² syu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǒushū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǒushu
  - Wade–Giles: shou³-shu¹
  - Yale: shǒu-shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushu
  - Palladius: шоушу (šoušu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² syu¹
  - Yale: sáu syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ syː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: syuwX syo

Rime
Character	手	書
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	書九切	傷魚切
Baxter	syuwX	syo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨu^X/	/ɕɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiu^X/	/ɕiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiəu^X/	/ɕiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuw^X/	/ɕɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ɕiu^X/	/ɕiɔ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəu^X/	/ɕĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ə̯u^X/	/ɕi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǒu	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau²	syu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*n̥uʔ s-ta/

(Zhengzhang): /*hnjɯwʔ hlja/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	手	書
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǒu	shū
Middle Chinese	‹ syuw^X ›	‹ syo ›
Old Chinese	/*n̥uʔ/	/*s-ta/
English	hand	write
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	手	書
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11665	17013
Phonetic component	手	者
Rime group	幽	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	首	書
Old Chinese	/*hnjɯwʔ/	/*hlja/

Verb

手書

(literary) to personally write a letter

Noun

手書

(literary) personal letter; correspondence

Synonyms

信
信件 (xìnjiàn)
信函 (xìnhán)
信札 (xìnzhá)
八行 (bāháng) (literary)
八行書／八行书 (bāhángshū) (literary)
函件 (hánjiàn)
手簡／手简 (shǒujiǎn) (literary)
書／书 (shū) (literary, or in compounds)
書信／书信 (shūxìn) (formal)
書函／书函 (shūhán)
書札／书札 (shūzhá) (literary)
書牘／书牍 (shūdú) (literary)
書簡／书简 (shūjiǎn) (literary)
筆札／笔札 (bǐzhá) (literary, figurative)
簡／简 (jiǎn) (literary, or in compounds)
鴻／鸿 (hóng) (literary, figurative)

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=手書&oldid=78630999"