修

See also: 脩

Contents

TranslingualEdit

Stroke order

EtymologyEdit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *slɯw): 攸 + 彡

Han characterEdit

修 (radical 9 人+7 in Chinese, 人+8 in Japanese, in Chinese 9 strokes, in Japanese 10 strokes, cangjie input 人中人竹 (OLOH), four-corner 2822₂, composition ⿰⿰亻丨⿱夂彡 (G) or ⿰⿰亻丨㣊 (TJKV))

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 106, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 721
• Dae Jaweon: page 225, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 159, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4FEE

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		修

Alternative formsEdit

• 俢

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiū (xiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): siu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Wade-Giles: hsiu¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiou
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹
    • Yale: sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu
    • Tâi-lô: siu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siu
    • IPA ^(key): /siu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɨu/▼

Rime
Character	修
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	息流切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/siu/
Shao Rongfen	/siəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suw/
Li Rong	/siu/
Wang Li	/sĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*s-liw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*slɯw/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	修
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiū
Middle Chinese	‹ sjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*s-liw/
English	adorn
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	修
Reading #	1/1
No.	15475
Phonetic component	攸
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	脩
Old Chinese	/*slɯw/

DefinitionsEdit

修

1. to decorate, to embellish
2. to repair, to mend
3. to study, to cultivate
4. ^† tall; slim

CompoundsEdit

• 修版
• 修道 (xīudào)
• 修訂／修订 (xiūdìng)
• 修复
• 修改 (xiūgǎi)
• 修建 (xiūjiàn)
• 修理 (xiūlǐ)
• 修飾／修饰 (xiūshì)
• 修養／修养 (xiūyǎng)
• 修整 (xiūzhěng)
• 修正 (xiūzhèng)
• 修筑

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

修

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. discipline
2. conduct oneself well
3. study
4. master

ReadingsEdit

• Goon: しゅ (shu), す (su)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū), from しう
• Kun: おさめる (osameru)
• Nanori: のぶ (nobu)

CompoundsEdit

• 改修 (かいしゅう) ‎(kaishū)
• 修行 (しゅぎょう) ‎(shugyō)
• 修士 (しゅうし) ‎(shūshi)
• 修整 (しゅうせい) ‎(shūsei)
• 修正 (しゅうせい) ‎(shūsei)
• 修繕 (しゅうぜん) ‎(shūzen)
• 修訂 (しゅうてい) ‎(shūtei)
• 修道 (しゅうどう) ‎(shūdō)
• 修復 (しゅうふく) ‎(shūfuku)
• 修補 (しゅうほ) ‎(shūho)
• 修養 (しゅうよう) ‎(shūyō)
• 修羅 (しゅら) ‎(shura)
• 修理 (しゅうり) ‎(shūri)
• 補修 (ほしゅう) ‎(hoshū)

Proper nounEdit

修 ‎(hiragana おさむ, romaji Osamu)

1. A male given name

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

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

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

修 (tu, khương)

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