儵

Translingual

Han character

儵 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+17, 19 strokes, cangjie input 人中人火 (OLOF), four-corner 2723₁, composition ⿲亻丨⿱夂黑(G) or ⿲亻丨⿱攵黑(HTJK))

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 121, character 29
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1299
• Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 236, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5135

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Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		儵
simp.		倏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shū (shu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shu
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹
    • Yale: shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: suk¹
    • Yale: sūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: syuwk

Rime
Character	儵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式竹切
Baxter	syuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*hljɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儵
Reading #	1/1
No.	15485
Phonetic component	攸
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	叔
Old Chinese	/*hljɯwɢ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 儵

1. ^‡ blue-black silk fabrics becoming white
2. ^† black
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 倏 (shū, “rapid; swift”).
4. Name of the god of the South Sea.

   • 南海之帝為儵，北海之帝為忽，中央之帝為渾沌。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     南海之帝为倏，北海之帝为忽，中央之帝为浑沌。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Nánhǎi zhī dì wéi Shū, běihǎi zhī dì wéi Hū, zhōngyāng zhī dì wéi Húndùn. [Pinyin]

     The Ruler of the Southern Ocean was Shu, the Ruler of the Northern Ocean was Hu, and the Ruler of the Centre was Chaos.

5. ^† flash

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 儵 – see 鯈. (This character is a variant form of 鯈).

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Japanese

Kanji

儵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)
• Kun: はやい (hayai)

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Korean

Hanja

儵 • (suk) (hangeul 숙, revised suk, McCune–Reischauer suk)

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