隹

See also: 住, 往, and 佳

隹 U+96B9, 隹 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96B9 ← 隸 [U+96B8] CJK Unified Ideographs 隺 → [U+96BA]

⾫ U+2FAB, ⾫ KANGXI RADICAL SHORT TAILED BIRD ← ⾪ [U+2FAA] Kangxi Radicals ⾬ → [U+2FAC]

Translingual

Stroke order (Sans-serif)

Stroke order

A short‐tailed bird

Han character

隹 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人土 (OG) or 難人土 (XOG), four-corner 2021₄/2021₅, composition ⿰亻⿱亠龶(GHT) or ⿰亻⿻主一(GHT) or ⿰亻⿳丿一龶(JK))

1. Kangxi radical #172, ⾫.

Usage notes

This character is used mostly as a character component. Note that, in Japanese and Korean scripts, the dot stroke (㇔) atop the radical (隹) is written from top-right to bottom-left (instead of top-left to bottom-right) as found in the Kangxi dictionary.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/隹
• 倠, 准, 唯, 堆, 婎, 𡹐, 𡿾, 帷, 惟, 推, 淮, 猚, 陮, 進, 𢜐, 㫿, 椎, 𣨫, 㲝, 焳, 𤙵, 琟, 脽, 𤽼, 睢, 碓, 稚, 𧚮, 䊒, 維(维), 𫄻, 𦑏, 𬚟, 𦩏, 蜼, 𧣽, 誰(谁), 𧳞, 趡, 踓, 𨌴, 醀, 𨲈, 𪟦, 𪻉, 錐(锥), 𪹰, 䨀, 𩋘, 𩜑, 騅(骓), 魋, 䱦, 鵻, 𪍇, 𥽀, 𪏌, 𤒂, 䶆, 𪘮
• 𠃲, 𢽝, 𬆨, 𧡖, 顀, 䳡, 𪕪, 售, 𢛧, 𤊙, 焦, 𪂣, 奞, 寉, 崔, 萑, 㮅, 𫁒, 䍜, 𥯄, 𦋜, 翟, 霍, 瞿, 𫻼, 截, 㕍, 㢈, 痽, 𪋇, 龨, 閵(𫔴), 暹, 嵟, 奪, 奮

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1364, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41937
• Dae Jaweon: page 1867, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4090, character 1
• Unihan data for U+96B9

Chinese

simp. and trad.		隹
2nd round simp.		⿰亻⿻二乚

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 隹
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

	Old Chinese
蜼	*lus, *rulʔ, *luls
堆	*tuːl
嵟	*tuːl
碓	*tuːls
推	*tʰuːl, *tʰjul
蓷	*tʰuːl, *tʰjul
陮	*duːlʔ
魋	*duːl
嶊	*stuːlʔ
崔	*zluːl, *sʰluːl
猚	*ŋreːl, *rulʔ
椎	*dul
顀	*dul
隹	*tjul
錐	*tjul
萑	*kljul
騅	*tjul
鵻	*sɢʷinʔ, *tjul
誰	*djul
脽	*djul

Pictogram (象形) : a short‐tailed bird (e.g. a sparrow). Compare 鳥.

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *twil; compare Tibetan མཆིལ་པ (mchil pa, “a little bird”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Cognate with 鵻 (OC *sɢʷinʔ, *tjul) "a kind of bird (turtle-dove?)" > 騅 (OC *tjul) "horse of that bird's color > horse of mixed grey and white color".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhuī (zhui¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhuī
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhuei
    • Wade–Giles: chui¹
    • Yale: jwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juei
    • Palladius: чжуй (čžuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeoi¹
    • Yale: jēui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chui
    • Tâi-lô: tsui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sui⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: tsywij

Rime
Character	隹
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	職追切
Baxter	tsywij
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕiuɪ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʷi/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕjuɪ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cwi/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕui/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕwi/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕwi/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhuī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tur/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjul/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	隹
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhuī
Middle Chinese	‹ tsywij ›
Old Chinese	/*tur/
English	a kind of bird
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	隹
Reading #	1/1
No.	17718
Phonetic component	隹
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	錐
Old Chinese	/*tjul/

Definitions

隹

1. ^† short-tailed bird
2. ^† Original form of 唯 (wéi, “to be”).

Compounds

• 隹字邊／隹字边 (zhuīzìbiān)

 

Japanese

Kanji

隹

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. bird

Readings

• Go-on: すい (sui)
• Kan-on: すい (sui)
• Kun: とり (tori, 隹); ふるとり (furutori, 隹)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
隹
ふるとり Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

• (Tokyo) ふるとり [fùrútórí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝto̞ɾʲi]

Noun

隹(ふるとり) • (furutori) 

1. the name of the "old bird" radical (隹), e.g. 隺

Note

• It is called "old" bird because it is contained in the character "舊"(old), to distinguish it from other bird radicals (鳥, 酉).

Korean

Hanja

隹 (eum 추 (chu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

隹: Hán Nôm readings: chuy

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