衄

See also: 衂 and 䏔

衄 U+8844, 衄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8844 ← 衃 [U+8843] CJK Unified Ideographs 衅 → [U+8845]

Translingual

Han character

衄 (Kangxi radical 143, 血+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿弓土 (HTNG), four-corner 2711₅, composition ⿰血丑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1107, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33973
• Dae Jaweon: page 1569, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3051, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8844

Chinese

trad.		衄
simp. #		衄
alternative forms		衂／衄 䶊 𧖩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
峱	*nuː
紐	*nuʔ
扭	*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
狃	*nuʔ, *nus
鈕	*nuʔ
忸	*nuʔ, *nuɡ
杻	*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
莥	*nuʔ
羞	*snu
丑	*n̥ʰuʔ
沑	*njuʔ, *nuɡ
粈	*njuʔ
衄	*nuɡ, *njuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nuɡ, *njuɡ) : semantic 血 (“blood”) + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǜ (nü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyù
    • Wade–Giles: nü⁴
    • Yale: nyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niuh
    • Palladius: нюй (njuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: nuk⁶
    • Yale: nuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: nyuwk, nrjuwk

Rime
Character	衄	衄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	東 (4)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如六切	女六切
Baxter	nyuwk	nrjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨuk̚/	/ɳɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiuk̚/	/ɳiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuk̚/	/niuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuwk̚/	/ɳuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiuk̚/	/niuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuk̚/	/nĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uk̚/	/ni̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rù	nù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6	nuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuɡ/, /*njuɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衄	衄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1532	1534
Phonetic component	丑	丑
Rime group	覺	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	肭	肉
Old Chinese	/*nuɡ/	/*njuɡ/

Definitions

衄

1. ^† to have a nosebleed
2. ^† (by extension) to bleed (from any body part)
3. ^† to be defeated
4. ^† to shrink; to cower
5. ^† to insult; to humiliate; to shame

Compounds

• 傷夷折衄／伤夷折衄
• 傾衄／倾衄
• 內衄／内衄
• 大衄
• 奔衄
• 挫衄
• 摧衄
• 敗衄／败衄
• 朘衄
• 沮衄
• 祝衄
• 經行吐衄／经行吐衄
• 縮衄／缩衄
• 耳衄
• 肌衄
• 虧衄／亏衄
• 衄折
• 衄挫
• 衄然
• 衄痍
• 衄蔑
• 衄血
• 退衄
• 鼻衄 (bínǜ)
• 鼽衄
• 齒衄／齿衄

 

Japanese

Kanji

衄

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じく (jiku)
• Kun: はなぢ (hanaji)

Korean

Hanja

衄 • (nyuk>yuk) (hangeul 뉵>육, revised nyuk>yuk, McCune–Reischauer nyuk>yuk, Yale nyuk>yuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

衄: Hán Nôm readings: nục, nốc

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