宿

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Han character

宿 (radical 40 宀+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十人一日 (JOMA), four-corner 3026₁, composition ⿱宀佰)

1. stop, rest, lodge, stay overnight
2. (astronomy) constellation, particularly the lunar mansions of Chinese astronomy

Derived characters

• 縮 (缩)

References

• KangXi: page 287, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7195
• Dae Jaweon: page 568, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 938, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5BBF

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		宿

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sù, xiǔ, xiù (su⁴, xiu³, xiu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ, ㄒㄧㄡˇ, ㄒㄧㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³, suk¹
• Min Nan (POJ): sok / siù / siok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: su⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suh
    • IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˇ
    • Wade-Giles: hsiu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheou
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsiu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiow
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau³, suk¹
    • Yale: sau, sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³, suk⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³/, /sʊk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sok / siù / siok
    • Tâi-lô: sok / siù / siok
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔk̚³²/, /ɕiu¹¹/, /ɕiɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔk̚³²/, /ɕiu²¹/, /ɕiɔk̚³²/
  • Note: sok, siù - vernacular, siok - literary.

Middle Chinese pronunciation (宿, reconstructed)
Character (宿), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 息救切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/sɨuH/	/si̯ə̯uH/	/siuH/	/siuH/	/suwH/	/sĭəuH/	/siəuH/
Character (宿), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 心 (16) Final: 屋 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 息逐切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/sɨuk̚/	/si̯uk̚/	/siuk̚/	/siuk̚/	/suwk̚/	/sĭuk̚/	/siuk̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (宿, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
宿								sù								‹ sjuwk ›								/*[s]uk/								spend the night
宿								xiù								‹ sjuwH ›								/*[s]uk-s/								"mansion" of the zodiac (where the moon is found on successive nights)
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
宿					12104					宿					幽					1					秀					/*suɡs/
宿					12105					宿					覺					1					肅					/*suɡ/

Compounds

• 宿舍
• 斗宿
• 牛宿
• 女宿
• 虚宿
• 危宿
• 室宿
• 壁宿

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

宿

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. lodging, inn
2. home

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu), すく (suku)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū), しゅく (shuku)
• Kan’yōon: しゅく (shuku)
• Kun: やどる (yadoru), やど (yado)

Compounds

• 民宿 (みんしゅく, minshuku, “traditional Japanese budget inn”)
• 新宿 (しんじゅく, shinjuku, “Shinjuku”)
• 宿題 (しゅくだい, shukudai, “homework”)
• 宿命 (しゅくめい, shukumei, “destiny; fate”)
• 宿泊 (しゅくはく, shukuhaku, “lodging”)
• 野宿 (のじゅく, nojuku, “sleeping rough; wild camping”)
• 安宿 (やすやど, yasuyado, “cheap hotel”)

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Korean

Hanja

宿 (suk, su) (hangeul 숙, 수, revised suk, su, McCune-Reischauer suk, su)

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Vietnamese

Han character

宿 (túc, tú)

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