酗

酗 U+9157, 酗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9157 ← 酖 [U+9156] CJK Unified Ideographs 酘 → [U+9158]

Translingual

Han character

酗 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一田山大 (MWUK), four-corner 1267₀, composition ⿰酉凶)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1281, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39794
• Dae Jaweon: page 1781, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3576, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9157

Chinese

trad.		酗
simp. #		酗
alternative forms		䣱 䣴 𨠮 𨠯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
酗	*qʰos
凶	*qʰoŋ
匈	*qʰoŋ
兇	*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
訩	*qʰoŋ
胸	*qʰoŋ
胷	*qʰoŋ
洶	*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
恟	*qʰoŋ
詾	*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ

Written as 䣱 in Shuowen. Compare 醺 (OC *qʰun).

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰos) : semantic 酉 (“alcohol”) + phonetic 凶 (OC *qʰoŋ, “bad”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xù (xu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu³, heoi³
• Eastern Min (BUC): hé̤ṳ / hṳ̆ng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hù / hì
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shiu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syù
    • Wade–Giles: hsü⁴
    • Yale: syù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu³, heoi³
    • Yale: yu, heui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy³, hoey³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu³, hêu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː³³/, /hɵy̯³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: hé̤ṳ / hṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /høy²¹³/, /hyŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hù
    • Tâi-lô: hù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hu²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hì
    • Tâi-lô: hì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi²¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiu
    • MiniDict: shiu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xy
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕy³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: xjuH

Rime
Character	酗
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	香句切
Baxter	xjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/hioH/
Shao Rongfen	/xioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huə̆H/
Li Rong	/xioH/
Wang Li	/xĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	heoi3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰos/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酗
Reading #	1/1
No.	13888
Phonetic component	凶
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	昫
Old Chinese	/*qʰos/

Definitions

酗

1. to be given to heavy drinking
2. to be roaring drunk; to become violent under the influence of alcohol

Compounds

• 沉酗
• 酗訟／酗讼
• 酗酒 (xùjiǔ)
• 酗酣
• 酗醟／酗蒏
• 醉酗

 

Japanese

Kanji

酗

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. drunk
2. to become violent under the influence of alcohol

Readings

• On (unclassified): く (ku)

Korean

Hanja

酗 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)

1. drunk
2. to become violent under the influence of alcohol

Vietnamese

Han character

酗: Hán Việt readings: hú, húng, hung
酗: Nôm readings: hú, húng

1. chữ Hán form of húng (“drunk”).