憷

憷 U+61B7, 憷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-61B7 ← 憶 [U+61B6] CJK Unified Ideographs 憸 → [U+61B8]

Translingual

Han character

憷 (radical 61, 心+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 心木木人 (PDDO), composition ⿰忄楚)

References

• KangXi: page 404, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11297
• Dae Jaweon: page 745, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2360, character 6
• Unihan data for U+61B7

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		憷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (疋) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
疋	*ŋraːʔ, *sŋra, *sŋraʔ
蝑	*sŋas, *sŋa
壻	*sŋeːs
婿	*sŋeːs
胥	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
稰	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
楈	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
諝	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
湑	*sŋa, *sŋaʔ
揟	*sŋa
醑	*sŋaʔ
糈	*sŋaʔ, *sŋraʔ
楚	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ, *sŋ̊ʰras
礎	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
憷	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
齼	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
濋	*sŋ̊ʰraʔ
儊	*sŋ̊ʰras
綀	*sŋra
疎	*sŋra
疏	*sŋra, *sŋras
蔬	*sŋra
梳	*sŋra

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǔ (chu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˇ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'u³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuu
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: co²
    • Yale: chó
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso²
    • Guangdong Romanization: co²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃʰɨʌ^X/▼

Rime
Character	憷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	初 (19)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	創舉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃʰɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂʰiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃʰiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂʰɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃʰiɔX/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃʰĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂʰi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǔ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	憷
Reading #	1/1
No.	11783
Phonetic component	疋
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	楚
Old Chinese	/*sŋ̊ʰraʔ/

Definitions

憷

1. Alternative form of 楚 (chǔ, “pain”).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chù (chu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zeot¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ
    • Wade–Giles: ch'u⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zeot¹
    • Yale: jēut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoet⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêd¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃɵt̚⁵/

Definitions

憷

1. Alternative form of 怵 (chù, “to fear”).

Usage notes

Mostly not used in formal expressions like chengyu; 怵 (chù) is used in such conditions.