梳

梳 U+68B3, 梳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68B3 ← 梲 [U+68B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 梴 → [U+68B4]

Translingual

Han character

梳 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木卜戈山 (DYIU), four-corner 4091₃, composition ⿰木㐬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 531, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14886
• Dae Jaweon: page 919, character 8
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1219, character 6
• Unihan data for U+68B3

Chinese

trad.		梳
simp. #		梳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
疋	*ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ
蝑	*sŋas, *sŋa
壻	*sŋeːs
婿	*sŋeːs
胥	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
稰	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
楈	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
諝	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
湑	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
揟	*sŋa
醑	*sŋaʔ
糈	*sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ
楚	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras
礎	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
憷	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
齼	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
濋	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
儊	*sŋ̊ʰras
綀	*sŋra
疎	*sŋra
疏	*sŋra, *sŋras
蔬	*sŋra
梳	*sŋra

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sŋra) : semantic 木 + abbreviated phonetic 疏 (OC *sŋra, *sŋras).

Etymology 1

Traditionally thought to be related to 疏 (OC *sŋra, “distant; sparse”), as compared to 篦 (OC *piː, *bis, “fine-tooth comb”) (Shiming; Wang, 1982).

However, Schuessler (2007) considers this to be folk etymology and instead proposes that this is related to Tibetan གཤོད (gshod, “to comb”), Proto-Kuki-Chin *hriat (“to comb; to brush”). STEDT provisionally reconstructs Proto-Tibeto-Burman *g-s-j(w)at (“to comb; to brush”) and also notes possible connection to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-si-t (“comb; rake”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): shū (shu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): su¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): so¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): so¹ / so^1*

• Gan (Wiktionary): su¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̂

  (Meixian, Guangdong): si¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): su¹
• Northern Min (KCR): sú
• Eastern Min (BUC): sĕ̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): so͘ / soe / se

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹sy
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sou¹

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• 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/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: su¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: su
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: so¹
    • Yale: sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: so¹ / so^1*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sᵘɔ³³/, /sᵘɔ³³⁻³³⁵/

Note:

• so1 - to comb (verb), classifier;
• so1* - comb (noun).

• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: su¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: su¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /su¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sĕ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
    • Tâi-lô: soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe
    • Tâi-lô: sue
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soef
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se
    • Tâi-lô: se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴/

Note:

• so͘ - literary;
• soe/se - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: siu¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹sy
    • MiniDict: sy^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹sr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: srjo

Rime
Character	梳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所葅切
Baxter	srjo
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨʌ/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃiɔ/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiɔ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂɨə̆/
Li Rong	/ʃiɔ/
Wang Li	/ʃĭo/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯wo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sra/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋra/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	梳
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū
Middle Chinese	‹ srjo ›
Old Chinese	/*sra/
English	comb
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	梳
Reading #	1/1
No.	11792
Phonetic component	疋
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sŋra/

Definitions

梳

1. comb; brush (Classifier: 把 c)
2. to comb; to brush (hair, etc.)
3. (Cantonese) Classifier for bunches of fruit, especially bananas.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 梳子 (“comb”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		梳子
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	梳子, 攏子
	Taiwan	梳子
	Chengde	梳子
	Chifeng	梳子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	梳子
	Heihe	梳子
	Qiqihar	梳子
	Harbin	梳子
	Jiamusi	梳子, 木梳
	Baicheng	梳子
	Changchun	梳子, 木梳
	Tonghua	梳子
	Shenyang	梳子, 木梳, 攏子
	Jinzhou	梳子, 木梳, 攏子
	Singapore	梳子, 梳
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	攏子
	Tangshan	梳子, 攏梳兒
	Cangzhou	攏子
	Baoding	梳子
	Shijiazhuang	攏子
	Lijin	梳子
	Jinan	梳子, 攏子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	木梳
	Dandong	梳子
	Yantai	梳
	Yantai (Muping)	梳
	Qingdao	梳子
	Zhucheng	梳
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	梳子
	Lingbao	梳子
	Jining	梳子
	Wanrong	梳子, 木梳 wooden
	Linfen	梳子
	Shangqiu	梳子, 木梳
	Yuanyang	梳子
	Zhengzhou	木梳
	Xinyang	梳子
	Baihe	梳子
	Xi'an	梳子, 木梳 wooden
	Baoji	梳子
	Tianshui	梳子
	Xining	梳子
	Xuzhou	梳子, 攏子
	Fuyang	梳子
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	木梳, 木梳子, 木梳兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	梳子, 木梳 wooden
	Lanzhou	梳子
	Dunhuang	梳子
	Hami	梳子
	Ürümqi	攏子, 梳子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	梳子, 木梳
	Nanchong	梳子
	Dazhou	梳子
	Hanyuan	梳子
	Xichang	梳子
	Zigong	梳子
	Chongqing	梳子
	Wuhan	梳子
	Yichang	梳子
	Xiangyang	梳子
	Tianmen	梳子
	Guiyang	梳子, 木梳
	Zunyi	梳子
	Bijie	梳子
	Liping	梳子
	Zhaotong	梳子
	Dali	梳子
	Kunming	梳子
	Mengzi	梳子
	Guilin	梳子
	Liuzhou	梳子
	Jishou	梳子
	Changde	梳子
	Hanzhong	梳子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	梳子
	Yangzhou	梳子
	Lianyungang	梳子, 攏子
	Lianshui	木梳
	Nantong	梳子
	Anqing	梳子
	Wuhu	梳子
	Hefei	梳子
	Hong'an	梳子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	梳
	Hong Kong	梳
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	梳
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	梳仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	梳仔
	Taishan	梳
	Kaiping (Chikan)	梳
	Dongguan	梳
	Yangjiang	梳仔, 掠仔
	Beihai	梳
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	梳
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	梳
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	梳
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	梳
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	梳
	Móng Cái	梳
Gan	Nanchang	梳子
	Lichuan	梳子
	Pingxiang	梳子
Hakka	Meixian	梳仔
	Dabu (Xihe)	梳兒
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	梳哩
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	梳哩
	Wuhua (Changbu)	梳哩
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	梳哩
	Jiexi	梳
	Luhe	梳仔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	梳仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	梳仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	梳仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	梳
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	梳仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	梳
	Hong Kong	梳仔
	Sabah (Longchuan)	梳仔
	Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)	梳
	Senai (Huiyang)	梳仔
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	梳
Huizhou	Jixi	梳
	Shexian	梳
Jin	Taiyuan	梳子, 木梳 wooden
	Yangyuan	梳子
	Datong	梳子
	Xinzhou	梳子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	梳子
	Changzhi	梳子
	Linhe	梳子
	Jining	梳子
	Hohhot	梳子
	Erenhot	梳子
	Pingshan	攏子
	Zhangjiakou	梳子
	Handan	梳子
	Linzhou	梳哦
	Suide	梳子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	頭梳, 頭梳仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	頭梳, 梳
	Lianjiang	頭梳
Southern Min	Xiamen	捋仔, 梳, 梳仔, 柴梳 wooden
	Quanzhou	捋仔, 梳, 梳仔
	Zhangzhou	捋仔, 梳, 梳仔, 捎梳
	Taipei	捋仔, 柴梳
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	捋仔, 柴梳
	Kaohsiung	捋仔, 柴梳
	Yilan	捋仔, 柴梳
	Changhua (Lukang)	捋仔, 柴梳
	Taichung	捋仔 small, 柴梳 large
	Tainan	捋仔, 柴梳
	Hsinchu	捋仔, 柴梳
	Kinmen	捋仔
	Penghu (Magong)	捋仔, 頭梳
	Penang (Hokkien)	柴梳
	Manila (Hokkien)	捋仔
	Chaozhou	梳囝
	Jieyang	梳
	Puning	柴梳, 毛梳
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	梳
	Haikou	梳
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	梳
Wu	Shanghai	木梳 wooden
	Shanghai (Chongming)	木梳 wooden
	Suzhou	木梳 wooden
	Danyang	梳子
	Hangzhou	木梳 wooden
	Ningbo	梳, 木梳
	Wenzhou	頭梳
Xiang	Changsha	梳子
	Loudi	梳
	Shuangfeng	梳子

• (to comb): (Hokkien) 捋 (luō)

Compounds

• 妝梳 / 妆梳
• 插梳
• 梳妝 / 梳妆 (shūzhuāng)
• 梳妝臺 / 梳妆台 (shūzhuāngtái)
• 梳子 (shūzi)
• 梳櫳 / 梳栊
• 梳洗 (shūxǐ)
• 梳理 (shūlǐ)
• 梳篦 (shūbì)
• 梳裹
• 梳辮子 / 梳辫子 (shū biànzi)
• 梳頭 / 梳头 (shūtóu)
• 油木梳
• 爬梳
• 爬梳剔抉
• 過木梳 / 过木梳

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shū (shu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): so¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): so²

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• 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: so¹
    • Yale: sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: so²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sᵘɔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

梳

1. (chiefly Cantonese) Used in transcription.

Compounds

• 梳乎
• 梳乎厘
• 梳化
• 梳化床
• 梳化椅
• 梳史
• 梳打 (shūdǎ)
• 梳打埠
• 梳打水
• 梳打餅 / 梳打饼 (shūdǎbǐng)
• 燕梳

 

References

• “梳”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

梳

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しょ (sho)
• Kan-on: そ (so)
• Kun: とく (toku, 梳く)、とかす (tokasu, 梳かす)、すく (suku, 梳く)、けずる (kezuru, 梳る)、くしけずる (kushikezuru, 梳る)

Korean

Hanja

梳 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

1. comb, brush

Vietnamese

Han character

梳: Hán Nôm readings: sơ

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