妯

妯 U+59AF, 妯 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59AF ← 妮 [U+59AE] CJK Unified Ideographs 妰 → [U+59B0]

Translingual

Han character

妯 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女中田 (VLW), four-corner 4546₀, composition ⿰女由)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6125
• Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1037, character 3
• Unihan data for U+59AF

Chinese

trad.		妯
simp. #		妯

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
袖	*ljɯwɢs
岫	*ljɯwɢs
牰	*ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs
抽	*l̥ʰɯw
妯	*l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ
紬	*l'ɯw
怞	*l'ɯw
鮋	*l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw
菗	*rlɯw
宙	*l'ɯwɢs
胄	*l'ɯwɢs
冑	*l'ɯwɢs
伷	*l'ɯwɢs
駎	*l'ɯwɢs
油	*lɯw, *lɯwɢs
由	*lɯw
蚰	*lɯw
秞	*lɯw
邮	*lɯw
釉	*lɯwɢs
柚	*lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ
鼬	*lɯwɢs
苖	*l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ
笛	*l'ɯːwɢ
迪	*l'ɯːwɢ
頔	*l'ɯːwɢ
軸	*l'ɯwɢ
舳	*l'ɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhóu, zhú (zhou², zhu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˊ, ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk⁶, suk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, vernacular)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhóu
    • Wade–Giles: chou²
    • Yale: jóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jour
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, literary)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
    • Wade–Giles: chu²
    • Yale: jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk⁶, suk⁶
    • Yale: juhk, suhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁹, suk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug⁶, sug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚²/, /sʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuwk

Rime
Character	妯
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直六切
Baxter	drjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȡiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȡĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妯
Reading #	2/2
No.	15542
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	逐
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯwɢ/

Definitions

妯

1. Only used in 妯娌 (zhóuli).

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōu (chou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chou
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹
    • Yale: chōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chou
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹
    • Yale: chāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: trhjuw

Rime
Character	妯
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	丑鳩切
Baxter	trhjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰuw/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiu/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯw/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	妯
Reading #	1/2
No.	15514
Phonetic component	由
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	抽
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰɯw/

Definitions

妯

1. ^† to move; to be agitated; to not be tranquil

   鼓鍾伐鼛，淮有三洲，憂心且妯。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
   鼓钟伐鼛，淮有三洲，忧心且妯。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

   Gǔzhōng fá gāo, Huái yǒu sān zhōu, yōuxīn qiě chōu. [Pinyin]

   His bells ring out, his large drums resound,
   There are the three islands in the Huai;
   Sad is my heart and moved.

Japanese

Kanji

妯

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū); じく (jiku); ろく (roku); とく (toku); どく (doku)
• Kun: あいよめ (aiyome); うごく (ugoku); さわぐ (sawagu); いたむ (itamu)

Korean

Hanja

妯 • (chuk) (hangeul 축, revised chuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

妯: Hán Nôm readings: dâu, chục, trục

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