舅

舅 U+8205, 舅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8205 ← 舄 [U+8204] CJK Unified Ideographs 舆 → [U+8206]

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TranslingualEdit

Han characterEdit

舅 (radical 134, 臼+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹X田大尸 (HXWKS), four-corner 7742₇, composition ⿱臼男)

Derived charactersEdit

• 𡀭, 𭒥, 𬄵, 𧒺

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1004, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30208
• Dae Jaweon: page 1460, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3040, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8205

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ChineseEdit

simp. and trad.		舅
variant forms		𦥶 𦦊 𤽲 𠢎 𤰧 𦥶 𦦊 𤽲 𠢎 𤰧 旧

Glyph originEdit

Characters in the same phonetic series (臼) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
臼	*ɡuʔ
齨	*ɡuʔ
桕	*ɡuʔ
舅	*ɡuʔ
舊	*ɡʷɯs
匶	*ɡʷɯs
閰	*kuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡuʔ): phonetic 臼 (OC *ɡuʔ) + semantic 男 (“male; man”).

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)əw-n (“elder brother; senior male relative”); compare Tibetan ཨ་ཁུ (a khu, “father's brother”).

PronunciationEdit

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jiù (jiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˋ

  (Chengdu, SP): jiu⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): kau⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): kiu⁴

• Gan (Wiktionary): qiu⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khiû

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kiu¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): jiou³
• Min Bei (KCR): giū
• Min Dong (BUC): gêu
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): kū / kǔ / kiū / kiǔ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gu⁶

• Wu (Wiktionary): jjieu (T3)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): jiou⁵ / jiou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade–Giles: chiu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiow
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jiu⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: giu
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiəu²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kau⁵
    • Yale: káuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: kiu⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰiu²¹/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qiu⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰiu¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiû
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiu¹
    • IPA: /kʰi̯u²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kiu¹
    • IPA: /cʰiu⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jiou³
    • IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəu⁴⁵/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: giū
    • IPA ^(key): /kiu⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gêu
    • IPA ^(key): /kiɛu²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kū
    • Tâi-lô: kū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ku
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ku³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kǔ
    • Tâi-lô: kǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ku²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiū
    • Tâi-lô: kiū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiu²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiu³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiǔ
    • Tâi-lô: kiǔ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²²/

Note:

• kū/kǔ - vernacular;
• kiū/kiǔ - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: gu⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kŭ
  • IPA ^(key): /ku³⁵/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: jjieu (T3)
  • IPA ^(key): /d̥͡ʑiɜ²³/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: jiou⁵ / jiou⁴
  • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiəu²¹/, /t͡ɕiəu⁴⁵/

Note:

• jiou5 - vernacular;
• jiou4 - literary.

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 舅
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕiou⁵¹/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕiou⁵³/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕiou⁵³/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕiou²¹/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕiou⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕiou³¹²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕiou⁴⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕiɯ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕiəu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕiou¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕiɤu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕiəu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕiəu¹³/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕiəu²¹³/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕiəu²¹²/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕiəɯ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiɯ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕiəu⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕiəu³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕiəu⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/d͡ʑiɤ²³/
	Suzhou	/d͡ʑiɤ³¹/
	Hangzhou	/d͡ʑiø¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡ʑau³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕiu³⁵/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰiu²⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕiəu⁵⁵/ /t͡ɕiəu¹¹/
	Xiangtan	/d͡ʑiəɯ²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰiu²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/kʰiu⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/kʰiu²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kʰɐu²³/
	Nanning	/kʰɐu²⁴/
	Hong Kong	/kʰɐu¹³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/kiu²²/ /ku²²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/kiɛu²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/kiu⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/ku³⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/ku³³/ /ku³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɡɨu^X/▼

Rime
Character	舅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	其九切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guwX/
Li Rong	/ɡiuX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiù

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)uʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡuʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	舅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jiù
Middle Chinese	‹ gjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)uʔ/
English	mother"s brother
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	舅
Reading #	1/1
No.	6980
Phonetic component	臼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	舅
Old Chinese	/*ɡuʔ/

DefinitionsEdit

舅

1. maternal uncle (mother's brother)
2. brother-in-law (wife's brother)
3. ^† father-in-law (wife's father)
4. ^† father-in-law (husband's father)
5. ^† feudal prince of a different surname (to an emperor)
6. ^† official of a different surname (to a feudal prince)
7. A surname​.

SynonymsEdit

Dialectal synonyms of 舅父 (“maternal uncle (mother's brother)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		舅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		舅父
Mandarin	Beijing	舅舅
	Taiwan	舅舅
	Harbin	舅、舅舅
	Shenyang	舅舅
	Jinan	舅舅
	Muping	舅
	Luoyang	舅、舅舅
	Jiedian	舅
	Xi'an	舅
	Zhengzhou	舅
	Xining	阿舅、舅舅
	Xuzhou	舅爺、舅舅、舅
	Yinchuan	舅舅
	Lanzhou	阿舅
	Ürümqi	舅舅
	Wuhan	舅爺、舅伯 >、舅舅 <
	Chengdu	舅舅
	Guiyang	舅舅、舅、舅爺
	Guilin	舅
	Liuzhou	舅、阿舅、舅爹 >
	Kunming	舅爹 >、舅爺 <
	Yangzhou	舅舅
	Nanjing	舅舅
	Hefei	舅舅
Cantonese	Guangzhou	舅父
	Hong Kong	舅父
	Shunde	舅父
	Foshan	舅父
	Zhongshan	舅父
	Dongguan	阿舅、母舅、舅父 <>、大舅 >、舅仔 <,<>
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	大舅、阿舅
	Taishan	舅、大舅 >、阿舅 <
	Doumen	舅父
	Kaiping	阿舅
	Shaoguan	舅父
	Yunfu	舅父
	Yangjiang	阿舅
	Xinyi	舅父
	Lianjiang	舅爹 >、舅父 <、阿舅 <、舅仔 <
	Nanning	舅父、阿父、舅爺 >
	Wuzhou	舅父
	Yulin	舅爺、舅公、大舅龍
	Hepu	舅公
	Kuala Lumpur	舅父
Gan	Nanchang	母舅、舅舅
	Lichuan	母舅
	Pingxiang	舅爺、舅老爺
Hakka	Meixian	阿舅
	Luchuan	舅公
	Changting	舅舅
	Wuping	舅舅
	Ninghua	舅舅
	Yudu	舅舅、母舅 <>、母舅公 <>
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿舅、母舅
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	阿舅、母舅
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	阿舅、母舅
	Dongshi (Dabu)	阿舅、母舅
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	阿舅、母舅
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	阿舅、母舅
	Hong Kong	阿舅、大舅 >、舅仔 <
	Sabah	阿舅
	Senai	阿舅
	Singkawang	阿舅
Huizhou	Shexian	舅舅
	Tunxi	舅爺
	Jixi	娘舅 <>、舅舅 ><
Jin	Taiyuan	舅舅
	Xinzhou	舅舅 <>、舅舅啊 ><
Min Bei	Jian'ou	舅舅
Min Dong	Fuzhou	娘舅 <>、依舅 ><
	Fuqing	母舅 <>、舅 ><、阿舅 ><
	Matsu	依舅
Min Nan	Xiamen	母舅 <>、阿舅 ><
	Quanzhou	母舅 <>、阿舅 ><
	Zhangzhou	母舅 <>、阿舅 ><
	Taipei	阿舅
	Kaohsiung	阿舅
	Tainan	阿舅
	Taichung	阿舅、母舅
	Wuqi	阿舅
	Hsinchu	阿舅
	Taitung	阿舅
	Lukang	阿舅、母舅
	Sanxia	阿舅
	Yilan	阿舅
	Kinmen	阿舅
	Magong	阿舅
	Penang	阿舅、舅
	Singapore	阿舅
	Philippines (Manila)	阿舅
	Chaozhou	阿舅
	Shantou	阿舅、舅
	Haifeng	舅
	Johor Bahru	阿舅
	Haikou	舅爹
	Leizhou	舅翁、尼翁 >,<>、翁 >,><、尼舅 <,<>、舅 <,><
Puxian Min	Putian	阿舅
	Xianyou	阿舅
Pinghua	Nanning	舅爺
	Guilin	舅
Wu	Shanghai	娘舅、舅舅
	Suzhou	娘舅、舅舅
	Hangzhou	娘舅
	Wenzhou	舅舅、娘舅 <>
	Chongming	娘舅
	Danyang	娘舅、舅爹 >、舅舅 <
	Jinhua	娘舅 <>、舅舅 ><
	Ningbo	娘舅、阿舅、舅舅
Xiang	Changsha	舅舅、老舅 <>
	Shuangfeng	舅基、舅舅
	Loudi	舅舅
	Quanzhou	舅爺、舅舅
Note	> - mother's elder brother; < - mother's younger brother; >< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face

CompoundsEdit

• 令舅
• 伯舅
• 國舅／国舅 (guójiù)
• 外舅
• 大舅 (dàjiù)
• 大舅子
• 妻舅 (qījiù)
• 姑舅
• 姑舅作親／姑舅作亲
• 娘舅
• 家舅
• 小舅

• 小舅子
• 曹國舅／曹国舅
• 母舅 (mǔjiù)
• 烏舅金奴／乌舅金奴
• 皇舅
• 舅公 (jiùgōng)
• 舅太太
• 舅奶奶
• 舅姑
• 舅媽／舅妈 (jiùmā)
• 舅嫂 (jiùsǎo)
• 舅子

• 舅母 (jiùmǔ)
• 舅父 (jiùfù)
• 舅爺／舅爷 (jiùyé)
• 舅犯
• 舅甥
• 舅祖
• 舅老爺／舅老爷
• 舅舅 (jiùjiu)
• 虎舅
• 郎舅
• 阿舅 (ājiù)
• 鴉舅／鸦舅

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JapaneseEdit

KanjiEdit

舅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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ReadingsEdit

• On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: しゅうと (shūto, 舅)

Etymology 1Edit

/sihi1to2/: [shipitwo] → [shiɸitwo] → [shiɸito]. See next entry.

NounEdit

舅 (hiragana しひと, rōmaji shihito)

1. a father-in-law

Etymology 2Edit

From shihito: [shipitwo] → [shiɸitwo] → [shiɸito] → [shiɸuto] → [shiwuto] → [shiuto] → [shuːto].

NounEdit

舅 (hiragana しゅうと, rōmaji shūto, historical hiragana しうと)

1. a father-in-law

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KoreanEdit

HanjaEdit

舅 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

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VietnameseEdit

Han characterEdit

舅 (cậu, cữu)

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