Chinese edit

Shu broomcorn millet; glutinous millet
trad. (蜀黍)
simp. #(蜀黍)
Literally:Shu millet”.
 
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Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (25) (26)
Final () (8) (22)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyowk syoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨok̚/ /ɕɨʌX/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiok̚/ /ɕiɔX/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiok̚/ /ɕiɔX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑuawk̚/ /ɕɨə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ʑiok̚/ /ɕiɔX/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭwok̚/ /ɕĭoX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯wok̚/ /ɕi̯woX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shú shǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
suk6 syu2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shǔ shǔ
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyowk › ‹ syoX ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]ok/ /*s-tʰaʔ/
English caterpillar; Shu [place name] Panicum miliaceum, glutinous

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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11842 11800
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djoɡ/ /*hljaʔ/
Notes

Noun edit

蜀黍

  1. sorghum
  2. (slang) Alternative form of 叔叔 (uncle) (term of address for older men, especially those with unacceptable sexual habits)

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle Korean: 슈슈 (syusyu)

Further reading edit

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
もろこし
Hyōgaiji
きび
Hyōgaiji
irregular kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 蜀黍 – see the following entry.
もろこしきび
[noun] sorghum
Alternative spelling
唐黍
(This term, 蜀黍, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
もろこし
Hyōgaiji Hyōgaiji
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 蜀黍 – see the following entry.
もろこしモロコシ
[noun] sorghum
[noun] maize, corn (especially corn on the cob)
Alternative spelling
唐黍
(This term, 蜀黍, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
しょく
Hyōgaiji
しょ
Hyōgaiji
kan’on

From Middle Chinese compound 蜀黍 (MC dzyowk syoX, literally “Shu (old place name) + millet”). The ancient state of Shu is roughly analogous to modern Sichuan province.

This reading appears to be rare, and may be obsolete.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞kɯ̟ᵝɕo̞]

Noun edit

(しょく)(しょ) (shokusho

  1. (rare, possibly obsolete) sorghum