See also:
U+919C, 醜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919C

[U+919B]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+919D]

Translingual edit

Han character edit

(Kangxi radical 164, +10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹山戈 (MWHUI), four-corner 16613, composition )

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1286, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39969
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3590, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+919C

Chinese edit

trad.
simp. *
alternative forms 𱆛

Glyph origin edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *l̥ʰjuʔ): phonetic (OC *luʔ) + semantic (ghost, demon) - demons are ugly in Chinese culture.

Glyph origin edit

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (24)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter tsyhuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡ɕʰɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡ɕʰiuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/cʰuwX/
Li
Rong
/t͡ɕʰiuX/
Wang
Li
/t͡ɕʰĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡ɕʰi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cau2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chǒu chǒu
Middle
Chinese
‹ tsyhuwX › ‹ tsyhuwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*t.qʰuʔ/ /*t.qʰuʔ/
English ugly; evil category

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 15565
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*l̥ʰjuʔ/

Definitions edit

  1. ugly; homely; hideous
      ―  Zhè gǒu zhǎnɡ de zhēn chǒu.  ―  This dog is so ugly.
  2. shameful; disgraceful
      ―  chǒuwén  ―  scandal
    老豆老母 [Cantonese, trad.]
    老豆老母 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 gam3 daai6 go3 jan4 zung6 jiu3 lou5 dau6 lou5 mou5-2 joeng5, nei5 cau2 m4 cau2 gaa3? [Jyutping]
    You are this old and yet still mooching off your parents. Don't you feel ashamed?
  3. shame; disgrace
    不可外揚不可外扬  ―  jiāchǒu bùkě wàiyáng  ―  don't wash your dirty linen in public
  4. (obsolete) evil
  5. (obsolete) person or thing of the same kind
  6. (obsolete) to be similar

Synonyms edit

Compounds edit

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. ugly
  2. shameful, disgraceful

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Noun edit

(しゅう) (shū

  1. ugliness

Korean edit

Hanja edit

(eum (chu))

  1. ugly looking, homely
  2. disgraceful

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

: Hán Nôm readings: xấu, xổ, , ,

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