殴

See also 毆

Translingual

simpl.		殴
trad.		毆

Etymology

Simplified from 毆 (區 → 区). In current form Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 区 + semantic 殳 (“action”).

Han character

殴 (radical 79 殳+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 尸大竹弓水 (SKHNE))

1. beat, fight with fists, hit
2. A surname, listed 361st among the Hundred Family Surnames

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 584, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16618
• Dae Jaweon: page 977, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2155, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6BB4

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Cantonese

Hanzi

殴 (traditional 毆, Yale au², Au²)

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Japanese

Kanji

殴 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: おう (ō)
• Kun: なぐる (naguru), うつ (utsu), たたく (tataku)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

殴 (traditional 毆, pinyin ōu (ou1), Ōu (Ou1), Wade-Giles ou¹, Ou¹)