廋

廋 U+5ECB, 廋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ECB ← 廊 [U+5ECA] CJK Unified Ideographs 廌 → [U+5ECC]

Translingual

Han character

廋 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹難水 (IHXE), four-corner 0024₇, composition ⿸广叟)

1. conceal, hide
2. search for, seek
3. enigmatic language

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 349, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9438
• Dae Jaweon: page 660, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 895, character 5
• Unihan data for U+5ECB

Chinese

trad.		廋
simp. #		廋
alternative forms		廀 𢊈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
㮴	*suːw
艘	*suːw, *sɯːw
嫂	*suːwʔ
瞍	*sɯːw, *suːʔ
謏	*slɯːwʔ, *suːʔ, *suːs, *srɯwɢ
叜	*sluːʔ
叟	*suːʔ
傁	*suːʔ
廋	*suːʔ, *sru
醙	*suʔ, *sru
遚	*sʰrus
餿	*sru
搜	*sru
颼	*sru
溲	*sru, *sruʔ
鎪	*sru
獀	*sru
鄋	*sru
螋	*sru, *sro
騪	*sru
瘦	*srus

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōu (sou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sou
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sou
    • Palladius: соу (sou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹
    • Yale: sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srjuw

Rime
Character	廋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所鳩切
Baxter	srjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuw/
Li Rong	/ʃiu/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*suːʔ/, /*sru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	廋	廋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12074	12083
Phonetic component	叟	叟
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	叜	𢯱
Old Chinese	/*suːʔ/	/*sru/

Definitions

廋

1. (literary, archaic) to hide; to conceal oneself

   • 人焉廋哉？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Rén yān sōu zāi? [Pinyin]

     How can a man conceal his character?

2. (obsolete) Alternative form of 搜 (sōu, “to search”)
3. (obsolete, rare) cove; bay; inlet

Compounds

• 廋人
• 廋伏
• 廋辭／廋辞 (sōucí)

 

Japanese

Kanji

廋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. conceal
2. hide
3. search for
4. seek

Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū); しゅ (shu); そう (sō); す (su)
• Kun: かくす (kakusu)

Korean

Hanja

廋 (eum 수 (su))

1. conceal
2. hide
3. search for
4. seek

Vietnamese

Han character

廋: Hán Nôm readings: sưu

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References

• Nom Foundation