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絮
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long-winded

HSK 7
Nature →Plants
xù
ジョ、ショ
わた
서, 여
Phonosemantic compound. 糸 represents the meaning and 如 represents the sound.
Components
糸 silk+ 如 be like =
絮 long-winded
糸 Meaning component
mì silk
如 Phonetic component
rú be like
if, supposing
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Notes
Similar Characters
声 voice (jp)系 lineage素 vegetarian diet索 large rope絲 silk (trad)紊 disorder紥 tie紧 tense (simp)紫 purple紮 bind (trad)累 tired絛 silk (trad)絜 a marking line絷 tie (simp)綦 dark grey綮 embroidered banner緊 tight (trad/jp)縈 entwine (trad)縻 halter for ox繁 numerous
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
絮
Regular
Modern
Chinese
絮 [xù]
cotton wadding; fig. padding; long-winded
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (30)
花絮 [huā​xù] #19,982
bits of news
絮叨 [xù​dao] #25,804
long-winded
絮絮叨叨 [xù​xu​dāo​dāo] #29,054
long-winded
棉絮 [mián​xù] #49,506
cotton wadding
絮语 [xù​yǔ] #42,774
to chatter incessantly
絮语 [xù​yǔ] #42,774
to chatter incessantly
吐絮 [tǔ​xù] #49,366
cotton boll splits open and reveals its white interior
败絮 [bài​xù] #52,095
ruined
败絮 [bài​xù] #52,095
ruined
絮棉 [xù​mián] #52,730
cotton wadding
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JAPANESE WORDS (3)
穂綿 [ほわた] #200,488
cattail cotton
槇皮 [まいはだ] #278,169
caulking
絮雪 [じょせつ]
willow flower