姝

姝 U+59DD, 姝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DD ← 姜 [U+59DC] CJK Unified Ideographs 姞 → [U+59DE]

Translingual

Han character

姝 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹十木 (VHJD), four-corner 4549₀, composition ⿰女朱)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6206
• Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 11
• Unihan data for U+59DD

Chinese

trad.		姝
simp. #		姝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咮	*tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
株	*to
誅	*to
邾	*to
鼄	*to
跦	*to
袾	*to, *tʰjo
鴸	*to, *tjo
蛛	*to
殊	*to, *djo
趎	*do
珠	*tjo
朱	*tjo
侏	*tjo
絑	*tjo
祩	*tjo, *tjos
鮢	*tjo
硃	*tjo
姝	*tʰjo
銖	*djo
茱	*djo
洙	*djo
陎	*djo

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjo) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shū (shu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyu¹, syu¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chû

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zu¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): tṳ̆
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): su

  (Teochew, Peng'im): du¹ / su⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tshy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shu
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹
    • Yale: shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyu¹, syu¹
    • Yale: jyū, syū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹, sy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹, xu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵/, /syː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: tṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰy⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
    • Tâi-lô: su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: du¹ / su⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tu / sû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³³/, /su⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tshy
    • MiniDict: tshy^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhu

Rime
Character	姝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌朱切
Baxter	tsyhu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰio/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姝
Reading #	1/1
No.	17578
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	樞
Old Chinese	/*tʰjo/

Definitions

姝

1. (literary, usually of a woman) beautiful; pretty

   • 靜女其姝，俟我於城隅。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     静女其姝，俟我于城隅。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Jìngnǚ qí shū, sì wǒ yú chéngyú. [Pinyin]

     How lovely is the retiring girl!
     She was to await me at a corner of the wall.

2. (literary) beauty; beautiful woman

Compounds

• 仙姝
• 侍姝
• 名姝
• 吳姝／吴姝
• 國姝／国姝
• 姝好
• 姝妖
• 妍姝
• 姝姝
• 姝子
• 姝惠
• 姝秀
• 姝美
• 姝艷／姝艳
• 姝豔／姝艳
• 姝貌
• 姝顏／姝颜
• 姝麗／姝丽
• 嬌姝／娇姝
• 宮姝／宫姝
• 文姝
• 明姝
• 暖姝
• 清姝
• 燕趙姝／燕赵姝
• 玉姝
• 莊姝／庄姝
• 豔姝／艳姝
• 閭姝／闾姝
• 院姝
• 霞姝
• 靚姝／靓姝
• 靜姝／静姝 (jìngshū)
• 麗姝／丽姝

 

Japanese

Kanji

姝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beautiful girl

Readings

• On (unclassified): す (su); しゅ (shu)
• Kun: うつくしい (utsukushī)

Korean

Hanja

姝 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)

1. a beautiful girl