漚

See also: 沤

漚 U+6F1A, 漚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6F1A ← 漙 [U+6F19] CJK Unified Ideographs 漛 → [U+6F1B]

Translingual

Han character

漚 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水尸口口 (ESRR), four-corner 3111₆, composition ⿰氵區)

Related characters

• 沤 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18139
• Dae Jaweon: page 1055, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1719, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6F1A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 漚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
摳	*kʰoː, *kʰo
彄	*kʰoː
剾	*kʰoː, *qoː
謳	*qoː
歐	*qoː, *qoːʔ
區	*qoː, *kʰo
鷗	*qoː
甌	*qoː
漚	*qoː, *qoːs
瞘	*qoː
嘔	*qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙	*qoː
膒	*qoː
蓲	*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧	*qoː, *qas
鏂	*qoː
毆	*qoːʔ
塸	*qoːʔ
貙	*kʰl'o
樞	*kʰjo
驅	*kʰo, *kʰos
軀	*kʰo
嶇	*kʰo
鰸	*kʰo
敺	*kʰo
傴	*qoʔ
嫗	*qos
饇	*qos

Etymology 1

trad.		漚
simp.		沤
alternative forms		吽 Cantonese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): òu (ou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): au / àu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: òu
    • Zhuyin: ㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: òu
    • Wade–Giles: ou⁴
    • Yale: òu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ow
    • Palladius: оу (ou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au³
    • Yale: au
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au³
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au
    • Tâi-lô: au
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /au⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: àu
    • Tâi-lô: àu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aux
    • IPA (Taipei): /au¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /au²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: 'uwH

Rime
Character	漚
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏候切
Baxter	'uwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔəuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəwH/
Li Rong	/ʔuH/
Wang Li	/əuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	òu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	au3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	漚
Reading #	2/2
No.	10600
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	漚
Old Chinese	/*qoːs/

Definitions

漚

1. to soak for a prolonged period of time
2. (dialectal) to suppress one's feelings for a long time
3. (Cantonese) to let to ferment or deteriorate for a prolonged period of time
4. (Cantonese) to develop, incubate or grow (something that is bad)

   漚雨／沤雨 [Cantonese]  ―  au³ jyu⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to have rain soon to occur

   漚菇／沤菇 [Cantonese]  ―  au³ gu¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to have mushrooms grow

5. (Southern Min) bad
6. (Singapore Hokkien) inferior; poor; substandard

Compounds

• 漚客／沤客
• 漚屎／沤屎
• 漚步／沤步
• 漚肥／沤肥 (òuféi)
• 漚鬱／沤郁
• 漚麻／沤麻
• 蒸漚歷瀾／蒸沤历澜

 

Etymology 2

trad.		漚
simp.		沤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōu (ou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ou
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹
    • Yale: ōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
    • Palladius: оу (ou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au¹
    • Yale: āu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

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• Middle Chinese: 'uw

Rime
Character	漚
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏侯切
Baxter	'uw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔəu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəw/
Li Rong	/ʔu/
Wang Li	/əu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	au1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	漚
Reading #	1/2
No.	10587
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	謳
Old Chinese	/*qoː/

Definitions

漚

1. foam; froth
2. Alternative form of 鷗／鸥 (ōu)
3. (～江) name of river

Compounds

• 如海一漚／如海一沤
• 水上漚／水上沤
• 浮漚／浮沤
• 浮漚／浮沤
• 漚子／沤子
• 漚籃／沤篮

 

References

• “漚”, 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–

Further reading

• “Entry #10640”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Kanji

漚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to soak; to steep
2. sodden; soaked

Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: ひたす (hitasu, 漚す)

Korean

Hanja

漚 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

1. to soak
2. fragrance
3. foam, bubble

Vietnamese

Han character

漚: Hán Nôm readings: âu

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References

• Nom Foundation