舒

舒	U+8212, 舒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8212

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

舒 (Kangxi radical 135, 舌+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人口弓戈弓 (ORNIN), four-corner 8762₂, composition ⿰舍予)

Derived characters

𦺗, 𥳕, 𪅰

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1007, character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30300
Dae Jaweon: page 1464, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2943, character 20
Unihan data for U+8212

Chinese

simp. and trad.		舒

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 舒
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
野	laːʔ, ɦljaʔ
壄	*laːʔ
序	*ljaʔ
抒	ljaʔ, hlja, *ɦljaʔ
芧	*l'aʔ
杼	l'aʔ, ɦljaʔ
墅	*ɦljaːʔ
舒	*hlja
紓	hlja, ɦljaʔ
妤	*la
伃	*la
予	la, laʔ
預	*las
忬	*las
豫	*las
蕷	*las
澦	*las

phonetic 舍 (OC *hljaːʔ, *hljaːs) + phonetic 予 (OC *la, *laʔ)

Etymology

Possibly connected to 紓 (OC *hlja, *ɦljaʔ, “to loosen, relax”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shū (shu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syu¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): si¹
Gan (Wiktionary): xy¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sû

(Meixian, Guangdong): su¹
Jin (Wiktionary): su¹
Northern Min (KCR): sṳ́
Eastern Min (BUC): cṳ̆ / sṳ̆
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhu / chhir / chhi / so͘ / su / sir / si

(Teochew, Peng'im): ce¹ / su¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): xy¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shu
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹
  - Yale: shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: syu¹
  - Yale: syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: si¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xy¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁴²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû
  - Hakka Romanization System: su^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: su¹
  - Sinological IPA: /su⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: su¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /su¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sy⁵⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: cṳ̆ / sṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sy⁵⁵/, /sy⁵⁵/

Note:

cṳ̆ - vernacular (“to spread; comfortable”);
sṳ̆ - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Magong, Hsinchu, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhu
  - Tâi-lô: tshu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Yilan): /t͡sʰu⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhir
  - Tâi-lô: tshir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ³³/
  - IPA (Lukang): /t͡sʰɨ³³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /t͡sʰɯ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhi
  - Tâi-lô: tshi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
  - Tâi-lô: soo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sof
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
  - Tâi-lô: su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sir
  - Tâi-lô: sir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
  - Tâi-lô: si
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sy
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴/

Note:

chhu/chhir/chhi - vernacular (“to spread”);
so͘ - vernacular (e.g. 舒爽);
su/sir/si - literary (e.g. 舒暢).

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: ce¹ / su¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ / su
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ³³/, /su³³/

Note:

ce1 - vernacular (“to spread”);
su1 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹sy
  - MiniDict: sy^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: xy¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy³³/

Middle Chinese: syo

Rime
Character	舒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	傷魚切
Baxter	syo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ɕiɔ/
Wang Li	/ɕĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*l̥a/

(Zhengzhang): /*hlja/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	舒
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū
Middle Chinese	‹ syo ›
Old Chinese	/*l̥a/
English	slow, easy
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	舒
Reading #	1/1
No.	15730
Phonetic component	予
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	書
Old Chinese	/*hlja/

Definitions

舒

to open up; to unfold; to stretch out; to relax
(Eastern Min, Puxian Min, Hokkien, Teochew) to spread (a mat, a blanket, etc.)
舒棉被 [Hokkien] ― chhu mî-phōe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― to spread a quilt
slow
comfortable; leisurely; easy
a surname
舒慶春／舒庆春 ― Shū Qìngchūn ― Shu Qingchun (real name of the writer Lao She)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鋪 (“to spread out”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鋪
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鋪
	Taiwan	鋪
	Singapore	鋪
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鋪
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	鋪
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鋪, 𢭲
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	鋪
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	鋪
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	鋪
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鋪
	Hong Kong	鋪
	Yangjiang	鋪
Gan	Nanchang	鋪
Hakka	Meixian	鋪
Jin	Taiyuan	鋪
Northern Min	Jian'ou	鋪
	Songxi	鋪
	Jianyang	鋪
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鋪, 舒
	Gutian	舒
	Ningde	舒
	Zhouning	舒
	Fuding	舒
Southern Min	Xiamen	鋪, 舒
	Quanzhou	舒
	Yongchun	舒
	Zhangzhou	舒
	Taipei	舒
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	舒
	Kaohsiung	舒
	Yilan	舒
	Changhua (Lukang)	舒
	Taichung	舒
	Tainan	舒
	Hsinchu	舒
	Kinmen	舒
	Penghu (Magong)	舒
	Longyan	舒
	Datian	擺
	Chaozhou	鋪, 舒
	Jieyang	舒
	Leizhou	鋪
	Haikou	鋪
Puxian Min	Putian	舒
Puxian Min	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	舒
Central Min	Yong'an	鋪
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	鋪
Wu	Shanghai	鋪
	Suzhou	鋪
	Wenzhou	鋪
Xiang	Changsha	鋪
Xiang	Shuangfeng	鋪

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

舒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

舒 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

舒: Hán Nôm readings: thư^[1], thơ^[2]

(only in compounds) chữ Hán form of thư (“idle, unoccupied, to relax”).

References

[Trần_(1999)-1] Trần (1999).

[gdhn-2] Trần (2004).

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