儔

See also: 俦

儔 U+5114, 儔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5114 ← 儓 [U+5113] CJK Unified Ideographs 儕 → [U+5115]

Translingual

Han character

儔 (radical 9, 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人土弓戈 (OGNI), four-corner 2424₁, composition ⿰亻壽)

References

• KangXi: page 119, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1224
• Dae Jaweon: page 253, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 229, character 7
• Unihan data for U+5114

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Chinese

trad.		儔
simp.		俦

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儔
Small seal script s05835 Transcribed ancient scripts L33588 L33589 L11859 L11860 L11861 L11862
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 (壽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
禱	*tuːʔ, *tuːs
擣	*tuːʔ
檮	*tuːʔ, *duː, *du
壔	*tuːʔ
懤	*tuːʔ, *du, *dus
濤	*duː, *duː
燾	*duː, *duːs
翿	*duː, *duːs
幬	*duːs, *du
儔	*duːs, *du
譸	*tu
籌	*du
疇	*du
躊	*du
燽	*du
薵	*du
魗	*tʰjuʔ, *dju
醻	*dju
壽	*djuʔ, *djus
璹	*djuʔ, *djuɡ
鑄	*tjos

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóu (chou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): tiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chour
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau⁴
    • Yale: chàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiû
    • Tâi-lô: tiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɖɨu/

Rime
Character	儔
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直由切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuw/
Li Rong	/ȡiu/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóu

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*du/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儔
Reading #	2/2
No.	11699
Phonetic component	壽
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	儔
Old Chinese	/*du/

Definitions

儔

1. companion, mate, colleague
2. people of the same kind
3. to match; to be on par with
4. who

Compounds

• 倫儔／伦俦
• 儔儷／俦俪 (chóulì)
• 匹儔／匹俦
• 命儔嘯侶／命俦啸侣

• 朋儔／朋俦
• 燕侶鶯儔／燕侣莺俦
• 燕儔鶯侶／燕俦莺侣
• 良儔／良俦

• 芳儔／芳俦
• 鴛儔鳳侶／鸳俦凤侣
• 鶯儔燕侶／莺俦燕侣
• 鸞儔鳳侶／鸾俦凤侣

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dào (dao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ
    • Wade–Giles: tao4
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dào
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /dɑu^H/

Rime
Character	儔
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒到切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑuH/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑuH/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dawH/
Li Rong	/dɑuH/
Wang Li	/dɑuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dào

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*duːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儔
Reading #	1/2
No.	11690
Phonetic component	壽
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	導
Old Chinese	/*duːs/

Definitions

儔

1. ^‡ Alternative term for 華蓋／华盖 (huágài).
2. ^‡ hide; conceal

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Japanese

Shinjitai	俦
Kyūjitai	儔

Kanji

儔

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 俦)

1. companion, mate, colleague

Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)^{←ぢう (diu, historical)}
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちう (tiu, historical)}
• Kun: ともがら (tomogara, 儔)
• Nanori: とも (tomo); ひとし (hitoshi)

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Korean

Hanja

儔 (eum 주 (ju))

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Vietnamese

Han character

儔: Hán Nôm readings: trù

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