綴

Translingual

Han character

綴 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火水水水 (VFEEE), four-corner 2794₇, composition ⿰糹叕)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 928, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27579
Dae Jaweon: page 1365, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3422, character 1
Unihan data for U+7DB4

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (叕) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
蝃	tɯːds, tjod
欼	*sʰrɯʔ
綴	tods, tod
醊	tods, tod
畷	tods, tod
啜	tods, djods, tod, tʰjod, *djod
餟	tods, tod
腏	tods, toːd, *tod
錣	tods, rtoːd
輟	tods, tod
娺	tul, rtoːd
窡	rtoːd, rtoːd
鵽	rtoːd, rtoːd, *toːd
掇	toːd, tod
剟	toːd, tod
裰	*toːd
敠	toːd, sʰlod
惙	*tod
罬	tod, ktod
叕	*tod
歠	*tʰjod
逫	*tud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tods, *tod) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 叕 (OC *tod)

Etymology 1

trad.		綴
simp.		缀

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhuì (zhui⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi³ / zeoi⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chòe / tòe

(Teochew, Peng'im): duê³ / cuag⁴ / cuêg⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhuì
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhuèi
  - Wade–Giles: chui⁴
  - Yale: jwèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juey
  - Palladius: чжуй (čžuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zeoi³ / zeoi⁶
  - Yale: jeui / jeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey³ / dzoey⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêu³ / zêu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯³³/, /t͡sɵy̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /t͡sue²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòe
  - Tâi-lô: tuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tue⁴¹/

Note: literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: duê³ / cuag⁴ / cuêg⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuè / tshuak / tshuek
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tue²¹³/, /t͡sʰuak̚²/, /t͡sʰuek̚²/

Note:

duê3 - vernacular;
cuag4/cuêg4 - literary.

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 綴
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂuei⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂuei⁵³/ /t͡suei⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡suei⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂuei²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂue⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂuei³¹²/
	Xi'an	/p͡fei⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂuɨ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂuei¹³/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fei¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂuei²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡suei³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡suei¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡suei²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂuei²¹²/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂuəi⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂue⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡suei⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡suei³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡suei⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡se̞⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sz̩ʷei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕy²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕye³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕyei⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕyəi⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang
Hakka	Meixian
Hakka	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡søy²²/
	Nanning	/t͡sui³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡søy²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sue²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/tuɔi²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰyɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/tue²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/t͡sui³⁵/

Middle Chinese: trjwejH

Rime
Character	綴
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	祭 (38)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟衛切
Baxter	trjwejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiuᴇi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʷᵚiei^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuæi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈjwiaj^H/
Li Rong	/ȶjuɛi^H/
Wang Li	/ȶĭwɛi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯wɛi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tods/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	綴
Reading #	1/2
No.	17778
Phonetic component	叕
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*tods/

Definitions

綴

Compounds

作綴／作缀
前綴／前缀 (qiánzhuì)
屬綴／属缀
後綴／后缀 (hòuzhuì)
拼綴／拼缀
校綴／校缀
添綴／添缀
綴合／缀合 (zhuìhé)
綴宅／缀宅
綴文／缀文 (zhuìwén)
綴旒／缀旒
綴滿／缀满
綴白裘／缀白裘
綿綴／绵缀
綴綴／缀缀
綴輯／缀辑 (zhuìjí)
綴飾／缀饰 (zhuìshì)
編綴／编缀 (biānzhuì)
補綴／补缀 (bǔzhuì)
詞綴／词缀 (cízhuì)
連綴／连缀 (liánzhuì)
間綴／间缀
音綴／音缀
點綴／点缀 (diǎnzhuì)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		綴
simp.		缀
alternative forms		跟隨／随塊／块從／从掇跟隨／随塊／块從／从掇兌／兑

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tè / tèr / tòe

(Teochew, Peng'im): duê³

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Hsinchu, Magong, Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tè
  - Tâi-lô: tè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /te²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /te¹¹/
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /te⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tèr
  - Tâi-lô: tèr
  - IPA (Lukang): /tə³¹/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /tə¹²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tə⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tòe
  - Tâi-lô: tuè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doex
  - IPA (Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Singapore): /tue²¹/

Note: vernacular.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: duê³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tuè
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tue²¹³/

Definitions

綴

(Southern Min) to follow
- A :無要緊，你tòe 我唱就會。 [Hokkien, trad.]
  A :无要紧，你tòe 我唱就会。 [Hokkien, simp.]
  From: Chiok Sèng-tàn Ke̍k_01 祝聖誕劇_01, Peh-oe-ji Tai-gu-bun bang-cham 白話字台語文網站 written Taiwanese Southern-Min
  A: bô iàu-kín, lí tòe góa chhiùⁿ chiū ōe. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  A: Don't worry, if you sing with me, you'll be able to do it.
(Southern Min) to imitate

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 跟 (“to follow”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		跟, 跟隨, 跟從
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	跟
	Taiwan	跟
	Singapore	跟
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	跟
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	跟
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	跟
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	跟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	跟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	跟
Cantonese	Guangzhou	跟
	Hong Kong	跟
	Yangjiang	跟
	Singapore (Guangfu)	跟
Gan	Nanchang	跟
Hakka	Meixian	跈, 跟
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	跈
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	跈
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	跈
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	跈
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	跈
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	跈
Jin	Taiyuan	跟, 相跟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	跟
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	跟, 跇
Southern Min	Xiamen	綴
	Quanzhou	綴
	Shishi	綴
	Zhangzhou	綴
	Taipei	綴
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	綴
	Kaohsiung	綴
	Yilan	綴
	Changhua (Lukang)	綴
	Taichung	綴
	Tainan	綴
	Hsinchu	綴
	Kinmen	綴
	Penghu (Magong)	綴
	Penang (Hokkien)	綴
	Singapore (Hokkien)	綴
	Manila (Hokkien)	綴
	Chaozhou	綴
	Singapore (Teochew)	綴
Puxian Min	Putian	綴
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	跟
Wu	Suzhou	跟
Wu	Wenzhou	跟
Xiang	Changsha	跟
Xiang	Shuangfeng	跟

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.		綴
simp.		缀

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chuò (chuo⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄛˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chuò
  - Wade–Giles: chʻo⁴
  - Yale: chwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuoh
  - Palladius: чо (čo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: trjwet

Rime
Character	綴
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	知 (9)
Final (韻)	薛 (84)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	陟劣切
Baxter	trjwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈˠiuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʷᵚiet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶiuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈwiat̚/
Li Rong	/ȶjuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/ȶĭuɛt̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȶi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyut³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*trot/

(Zhengzhang): /*tod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	綴
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chuò
Middle Chinese	‹ trjwet ›
Old Chinese	/*trot/
English	stitch
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	綴
Reading #	2/2
No.	17809
Phonetic component	叕
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	輟
Old Chinese	/*tod/
Notes	叕轉註字

Definitions

綴

Alternative form of 輟／辍 (“to stop”)

References

“Entry #10781”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji

綴

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

to spell
compose
bind (books)
write

Readings

Go-on: たい (tai)、てち (techi)
Kan-on: てい (tei)、てつ (tetsu)
Kan’yō-on: てつ (tetsu)
Kun: とじる (tojiru, 綴じる)、つづる (tsuzuru, 綴る)、つづり (tsuzuri, 綴り)、すみやか (sumiyaka, 綴やか)

Korean

Etymology

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading influenced by 綴 (MC trjwet).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean ᄃᆑᇙ〮 (Yale: tyuyelq) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 텰 (thyel)^訓 (Yale: thyel) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

The original reading is 체 (che) based on Middle Chinese 綴 (MC trjwejH).

Historical readings

Recorded as Middle Korean ᄃᆒᆼ〮 (Yale: tyuyey) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 튜 (thyu)^訓 (Yale: thyu) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [철]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

綴

Wikisource

綴 (eumhun 엮을 철 (yeokkeul cheol))

hanja form^? of 철 (“to connect; to join”)
hanja form^? of 철 (“to spell”)

Compounds

철자 (綴字, cheolja)
연철 (連綴, yeoncheol)

References

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

綴: Hán Nôm readings: chuỗi, chuế, xuyết

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