絮

Information about character(s)

Radical: 糸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 12

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xù, chù, nǜ, nà
Cantonese: seoi5 seoi6
JapaneseKun: WATA
JapaneseOn: JO SHO
Korean: SE YE

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: waste cotton, raw silk or cotton

CE-Dict: cotton wadding/fig. padding/long-winded

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.coarse cotton
2.cotton wadding
3.fluff covering seeds
4.to wad with cotton
5.to pad
6.incessant
7.sth. resembling cotton; wooly; fluffy
8.long-winded; garrulous

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: garrulous; wadding

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: garrulous; wadding

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《糸部》絮敝緜也。从糸如聲。

康熙字典文字版 【未集中】【糸字部】絮
【廣韻】息御切【集韻】【正韻】息據切，𠀤音楈。【說文】敝緜也。【釋名】絮，胥也，胥久故解落也。【急就篇註】漬繭擘之精者曰緜，粗者曰絮。今則謂新者爲緜，故者曰絮。【前漢·文帝紀】九十以上賜帛，人二疋，絮三斤。【註】師古曰：絮，綿也。　又【史記·絳侯世家】太后以冒絮提文帝。【註】應劭曰：陌額絮也。晉灼曰：《巴蜀異物志》謂頭上巾爲冒絮。　又【廣韻】抽據切【集韻】楮御切【韻會】摛據切，𠀤音悇。【禮·曲禮】毋絮羹。【註】絮，猶調也。【釋文】謂加以鹽梅也。　又【廣韻】乃亞切，音䏧。【集韻】企夜切，音㰤。絲棼也。　又【廣韻】【集韻】𠀤尼據切，音女。姓也。【前漢·張敞傳】敞使賊捕掾絮舜有所案驗。　又【集韻】【韻會】𠀤人余切，音如。姓也。　又【集韻】女加切，音挐。義同。

CF-Dict: ouate/duvet/ouater/rembourrer

Han-De-Dict: Xu (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)