鬚

See also 须

Translingual

simpl.		须
trad.		鬚

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 髟 (“hair”) + phonetic 須. Note that 須 also has meaning of “whiskers”, hence reinforces sense of “hair, whiskers”.

Han character

鬚 (radical 190 髟+12, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹竹竹金 (SHHHC), four-corner 7228₆)

1. beard, whiskers
2. whisker-like

Synonyms

• (whiskers): 須

Related characters

• 髭

Descendants

• 须

References

• KangXi: page 1456, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45580
• Dae Jaweon: page 1988, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4535, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9B1A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

鬚 (simplified 须, Yale sou1)

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Japanese

Kanji

鬚 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: しゅ (shu), す (su)
• Kun: ひげ (hige)

Noun

鬚 (hiragana ひげ, romaji hige)

1. mustache; beards; whiskers

Synonyms

• 髭 (ひげ, hige)

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Korean

Hanja

鬚 (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune-Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

鬚 (simplified 须, pinyin xū (xu1), Wade-Giles hsü¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鬚 (tu, tua)