丑

See also: 醜

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

丑 (radical 1 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓土 (NG), four-corner 1710₅)

References

• KangXi: page 77, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23
• Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 12, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4E11

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒu (chou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): chhú
• Min Nan (POJ): thiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ou³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau²
    • Yale: cháu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhú
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /t͡sʰu³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiú
    • Tâi-lô: thiú
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (丑, reconstructed)
Character (丑), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 徹 (10) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 敕久切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʈʰɨuX/	/ȶʰi̯ə̯uX/	/ȶʰiuX/	/ʈʰiuX/	/ʈʰuwX/	/ȶʰĭəuX/	/ȶʰiəuX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (丑, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
丑								chǒu								‹ trhjuwX ›								/*[n̥ ]ruʔ/								2d earthly branch
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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
丑					1526					丑					幽					1					丑					/*n̥ʰuʔ/

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 丑 – see 醜. (This term, 丑, is the simplified form of 醜.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

		-
simp. and trad.		丑

Definitions

丑

1. second of twelve earthly branches (十二支): ox (牛) of Chinese zodiac
2. clown, comedian

Compounds

Derived terms

• 小丑

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Japanese

Kanji

丑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM.
2. The ox, the second sign of Chinese zodiac.

Readings

• On: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: うし (ushi)
• Nanori: ひろ (hiro)

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Korean

Hanja

丑 (chuk, chu)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 축, 추 (revised: chuk, chu, McCune-Reischauer: ch'uk, ch'u)

• Name (hangeul): 소, 이름 (revised: so, ileum, McCune-Reischauer: so, irǔm)

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丑

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Vietnamese

Han character

丑 (sửu, giấu, sấu, xấu)

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References

• Nom Foundation