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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Cantonese

Hanzi

醜 (simplified 丑, Yale chau2)

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

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Mandarin

Adjective

醜 (traditional, Pinyin chǒu, simplified 丑)

1. ugly

Hanzi

醜 (simplified 丑, pinyin chǒu (chou3), cuō (cuo1), Wade-Giles ch'ou³, ts'o¹)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

醜 (chiǒu)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

醜 (POJ chhiú)

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Vietnamese

Han character

醜 (xú, xấu, xổ, xũ, sú)