醜

See also: 丑

Translingual

Han character

醜 (radical 164 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹山戈 (MWHUI), four-corner 1661₃, composition ⿰酉鬼)

1. ugly looking, homely
2. disgraceful

References

• KangXi: page 1286, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39969
• Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3590, character 6
• Unihan data for U+919C

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Chinese

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trad.		醜
simp.		丑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒu (chou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: chǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ou³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
• 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: chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (醜, reconstructed)
Character (醜), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 昌 (24) Final: 尤 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 昌九切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕʰɨuX/	/t͡ɕʰi̯ə̯uX/	/t͡ɕʰiuX/	/t͡ɕʰiuX/	/cʰuwX/	/t͡ɕʰĭəuX/	/t͡ɕʰiəuX/

Old Chinese pronunciation (醜, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
醜								chǒu								‹ tsyhuwX ›								/*t.qʰuʔ/								ugly; evil
醜								chǒu								‹ tsyhuwX ›								/*t.qʰuʔ/								category
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
醜					15565					酉					幽					1					醜					/*l̥ʰjuʔ/

Adjective

醜

1. ugly
2. shameful; disgraceful

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Japanese

Kanji

醜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. ugly

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū) < しう (shiu)
• Kun: みにくい (minikui), にくむ (nikumu), たぐい (tagui)

Compounds

• 醜草 (shikogusa)
• 醜女 (shikome)
• 醜男 (shikoo)
• 醜名 (shikona)
• 醜の木 (shiko no ki)

Noun

醜 (hiragana しゅう, romaji shū)

1. ugliness

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Korean

Hanja

醜 (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune-Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

醜 (xú, xấu, xổ, xũ, sú)

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