Wiktionary

丑

See also: 醜, 표, and 코
丑 U+4E11, 丑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E11
← 丐
[U+4E10] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丒 →
[U+4E12]

Translingual edit

Stroke order
 

Han character edit

丑 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓土 (NG), four-corner 17105, composition ⿴ユ十 or ⿻彐丨)

Traditional 丑
Simplified 丑
Japanese 丑
Korean 丑

Usage notes edit

In Mainland China's Modern Chinese General Chinese Characters Stroke Order Standard (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范) and Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》), the third stroke touches the first stroke (相接 (xiāngjiē)) but does not cross over it. In the Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong standards, the third stroke crosses over the first stroke (相交 (xiāngjiāo)).

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 77, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23
  • Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 12, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+4E11

Chinese edit

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 丑
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
       
Oracle bone script
 

j30864

 

j30865

 

j30866

 

j30867

 

j30868

 

j30869

 

j30870

 

j30871

 

j30872

 

j30873

Bronze inscriptions
 

b21024

 

b21025

 

b21026

 

b21027

 

b21028

 

b21029

 

b21030

 

b21031

 

b21032

 

b21033

 

b21034

 

b21035

 

b21036

 

b21037

 

b21038

Small seal script
 

s11002

Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L35273

 

L35274

 

L35275

 

L35276

 

L18097

 

L18098

 

L18099

 

L18100

 

L18101

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 (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

Pictogram (象形) – a hand.

Etymology 1 edit

trad. 丑
simp. # 丑
alternative forms 丒
㗺
𠃠

Smith (2010) proposes that 丑 graphically depicts the claw-like "final, narrow phase of the moon"; he glosses it as "thing that pinches > pincer" and groups it into a word-family which is based on 扭 (OC *nuʔ, *tnuʔ, “twist, pinch”) and also includes

  • 手 (OC *hnjɯwʔ, “hand”);
  • 杻 (OC *nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ) ~ 杽 (OC *n̥ʰɯwʔ, “manacle”), which equally uses 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ) or 手 (OC *hnjɯwʔ) as phonophoric, as noted by Unger (1995) and Sagart (1999);
  • 紐 (OC *nuʔ) ~ 鈕 (OC *nuʔ, “grip handle”), with which Shuowen glosses 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ);
  • 狃 (OC *nuʔ, *nus, “animal tracks”), suggested to mean "animals' fingers" by Sagart (1999).

Its association with the ox is from Austroasiatic (Mei, 1980; Norman, 1985; Ferlus, 2013); compare Proto-Vietic *c-luː (“water buffalo”), Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpiʔ ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpuʔ ~ *(kr)puh (“buffalo”), Proto-Austroasiatic *k.r.pu.y (“buffalo”).

Pronunciation edit

Rime
Character 丑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 敕久切
Baxter trhjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʈʰɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʈʰiuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȶʰiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʈʰuwX/
Li
Rong 		/ȶʰiuX/
Wang
Li 		/ȶʰĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȶʰi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		cau2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 丑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		chǒu
Middle
Chinese 		‹ trhjuwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[n̥]ruʔ/
English 2d earthly branch

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 丑
Reading # 1/1
No. 1526
Phonetic
component 		丑
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		丑
Old
Chinese 		/*n̥ʰuʔ/

Definitions edit

丑

  1. second of twelve earthly branches (地支)
    1. (Chinese zodiac) ox (牛)
  2. a surname
Coordinate terms edit

Compounds edit

Etymology 2 edit

trad. 丑
simp. # 丑

From 醜／丑 (chǒu, “ugly”):

以墨粉塗面，其形甚醜。今省文為丑。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
以墨粉涂面，其形甚醜。今省文为丑。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 1559, 徐渭 [Xu Wei], 《南詞敘錄》 [An Account of Southern Drama]
Yǐ mòfěn tú miàn, qí xíng shèn chǒu. Jīn xǐngwén wèi chǒu. [Pinyin]
His face is smeared with powdered ink, and his appearance is very 醜 (ugly). It is now graphically simplified to 丑.

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

丑

  1. clown; comedian

Compounds edit

Etymology 3 edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 丑 – see 醜 (“ugly; homely; hideous; shameful; disgraceful; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 醜).
Notes:

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

丑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM.
  2. The ox, the second sign of Chinese zodiac.

Readings edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
丑
うし
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi
 
Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
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From 牛 (ushi, “bull; cow; ox”).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

丑(うし) • (Ushi) 

  1. the Ox, the second of the twelve Earthly Branches

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
丑
ちゅう
Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 丑 (trhjuwX).

Proper noun edit

丑(ちゅう) • (Chū) ←ちう (tiu)?

  1. the Ox, the second of the twelve Earthly Branches

Korean edit

Etymology 1 edit

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading. The original reading is 추 (chu) based on Middle Chinese 丑 (MC trhjuwX).

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

丑 (eumhun 소 축 (so chuk))
丑 (eumhun 둘째 지지 축 (duljjae jiji chuk))

  1. Hanja form? of 축 (“ox; second earthly branch”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle Chinese 丑 (MC trhjuwX). Recorded as Middle Korean 튜ᇢ〯 (Yale: thyǔw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

丑 (eumhun 사람 이름 추 (saram ireum chu))

  1. Used in personal names.

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

丑: Hán Nôm readings: sửu, giấu, sấu, xấu, trửu, trẩu, chẩu, chửu

  1. chữ Hán form of Sửu (“second of the twelve earthly branches”).
    Hypernyms: 地支, 十二支
    Coordinate terms: 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥

Compounds edit

References edit

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