叔父

Chinese[edit]

		uncle in direct address	father
simp. and trad. (叔父)		叔	父

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shūfù, shúfù

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄈㄨˋ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ fu⁶
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): zêg⁴ bê⁶
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁷soq-vu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shūfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shufù
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹-fu⁴
  - Yale: shū-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shufuh
  - Palladius: шуфу (šufu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shúfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ ㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shúfù
  - Wade–Giles: shu²-fu⁴
  - Yale: shú-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwufuh
  - Palladius: шуфу (šufu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ fu⁶
  - Yale: sūk fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ fu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ fu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ fuː²²/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêg⁴ bê⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsek pĕ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sek̚²⁻⁴ pe³⁵/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁷soq-vu
  - MiniDict: soh^入 vu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴soq-vu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soʔ³³ vu⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: syuwk bjuX

Rime
Character	叔	父
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	東 (4)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	式竹切	扶雨切
Baxter	syuwk	bjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨuk̚/	/bɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiuk̚/	/bio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiuk̚/	/bio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuwk̚/	/buə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ɕiuk̚/	/bio^X/
Wang Li	/ɕĭuk̚/	/bĭu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯uk̚/	/bʱi̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shu	fù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk¹	fu⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tiwk [N-p](r)aʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljɯwɢ baʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	叔	叔	父
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū	shū	fù
Middle Chinese	‹ syuwk ›	‹ syuwk ›	‹ bju^X ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tiwk/	/*s-tiwk/	/*[N-p](r)aʔ/
English	gather, harvest	3rd of 4 brothers	father
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	叔	父
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	11759	3504
Phonetic component	尗	父
Rime group	覺	魚
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	叔	父
Old Chinese	/*hljɯwɢ/	/*baʔ/

Noun[edit]

叔父

(formal) paternal uncle (father's younger brother)
- 敬叔父乎？敬弟乎？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE
  Jìng shūfù hū? Jìng dì hū? [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 叔父 (“paternal uncle (father's younger brother)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		季父, 叔父, 叔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		叔父
Mandarin	Beijing	叔叔, 叔兒
	Taiwan	叔叔
	Langfang	叔
	Tangshan	叔
	Cangzhou	伯伯
	Baoding	叔叔
	Shijiazhuang	叔叔
	Daming	叔叔
	Ulanhot	叔
	Tongliao	叔
	Chifeng	叔叔
	Bayanhot	叔叔, 爹, 小叔
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	叔
	Harbin	叔叔, 叔
	Shenyang	叔叔
	Yantai (Muping)	叔
	Jinan	叔叔, 叔
	Luoyang	達達兒
	Wanrong	叔
	Zhengzhou	叔
	Xi'an	達, 爸, 達達 Hui
	Yinchuan	爸爸, 叔叔
	Lanzhou	爸爸
	Xining	爸爸, 爸, 阿爸
	Ürümqi	叔叔
	Wuhan	叔叔, 小爹
	Huanggang	爺爺
	Chengdu	叔叔, 伯兒
	Guiyang	叔叔, 叔爹, 叔
	Kunming	爺爺
	Guilin	叔叔
	Liuzhou	叔, 阿叔
	Xuzhou	叔叔, 叔, 達達, 小爸爸
	Yangzhou	爺, 叔叔
	Nanjing	叔叔, 阿屋
	Hefei	叔爺
	Nantong	叔叔, 爸爸, 爸
	Singapore	叔叔
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	爸爸
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	爸爸
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿叔, 叔
	Hong Kong	阿叔, 叔叔
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	阿叔, 叔仔
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	阿叔, 叔
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	阿叔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	阿叔
	Macau	阿叔
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	阿叔
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	阿叔, 叔仔
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	阿叔
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	阿叔
	Foshan	阿叔
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	阿叔
	Foshan (Shunde)	阿叔
	Foshan (Sanshui)	阿叔
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	阿叔
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	阿叔
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	阿叔
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	阿叔
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	阿叔
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	阿叔
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	阿叔
	Taishan	阿叔
	Kaiping (Chikan)	阿叔
	Enping (Niujiang)	阿叔
	Heshan (Yayao)	阿叔
	Dongguan	阿叔, 叔
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	阿叔
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	阿叔
	Qingyuan	阿叔
	Fogang	阿叔
	Yingde (Hanguang)	阿叔
	Yangshan	阿叔
	Lianshan (Butian)	吾叔
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	阿叔
	Shaoguan	阿叔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	阿叔
	Renhua	阿叔
	Lechang	阿叔
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	阿叔
	Sihui	阿叔
	Guangning	阿叔
	Deqing	阿叔
	Huaiji	阿叔
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	叔
	Yunfu	阿叔
	Xinxing	阿叔
	Luoding	阿叔
	Yunan (Pingtai)	阿叔
	Yangjiang	阿叔
	Xinyi	阿叔
	Lianjiang	阿叔
	Nanning	阿叔, 叔
	Wuzhou	阿叔
	Yulin	叔公
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	叔公
	Danzhou	叔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	阿叔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	阿叔
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	阿叔
Gan	Nanchang	叔
	Lichuan	叔兒, 叔
	Pingxiang	叔叔, 叔老子
	Guixi	嬌嬌
Hakka	Meixian	阿叔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	阿叔
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	阿叔
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	阿叔
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	阿叔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	阿叔
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	阿叔
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	阿叔
	Boluo (Bendihua)	阿叔
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	阿叔
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	阿叔
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	阿叔
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	阿叔
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	阿叔
	Wuhua (Changbu)	阿叔
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	阿叔
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	阿叔
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	阿叔
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	阿叔
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	阿叔
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	阿叔
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	阿叔
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	阿叔
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	阿叔
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	阿叔
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	阿叔
	Liannan	阿叔
	Conghua (Lütian)	阿叔
	Jiexi	阿叔, 叔
	Changting	叔哩
	Wuping	叔哩
	Liancheng	叔牯
	Ninghua	叔叔
	Yudu	叔, 叔叔, 叔佬
	Ruijin	叔子
	Shicheng	叔, 叔子
	Shangyou (Shexi)	叔佬, 阿叔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿叔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿叔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿叔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿叔
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿叔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿叔
	Hong Kong	阿叔
	Luchuan	叔
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	阿叔
	Sabah (Longchuan)	阿叔
	Senai (Huiyang)	阿叔
	Singkawang	阿叔
Huizhou	Jixi	叔
	Shexian	叔, 爺
	Tunxi	叔爺
	Xiuning	阿爺, 叔爺
	Yixian	叔叔
	Qimen	叔兒
	Wuyuan	叔爺
	Fuliang	叔叔
	Dexing	叔
	Shitai (Xianyu)	叔叔
Jin	Taiyuan	叔叔, 老老
	Pingyao	叔叔, 老老
	Xinzhou	叔叔, 叔叔啊
	Taibus (Baochang)	叔叔
	Linhe	爹
	Jining	叔叔, 爹
	Hohhot	叔叔
	Baotou	叔叔, 爹
	Dongsheng	爹
	Haibowan	叔叔
	Zhangjiakou	叔叔
	Handan	叔叔
Northern Min	Jian'ou	叔仔, 叔叔
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	阿叔
	Songxi	叔仔
	Zhenghe	叔仔
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	阿婢
	Jianyang	叔仔
	Wuyishan	叔仔
	Pucheng (Shibei)	阿叔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	家叔, 依家, 家家
	Changle	依家
	Fuqing	阿叔, 叔, 家家, 依家
	Yongtai	家家
	Gutian	家家
	Fu'an	叔
	Ningde	叔伯
	Shouning	阿叔
	Zhouning	叔伯
	Matsu	依家, 家家
	Singapore (Fuqing)	叔叔
Southern Min	Xiamen	阿叔
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	俺叔
	Quanzhou	阿叔, 叔
	Jinjiang	叔公, 阿叔
	Yongchun	叔, 叔公
	Dehua	阿叔
	Zhangzhou	阿叔, 咉叔
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	叔
	Dongshan	叔仔
	Taipei	阿叔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	阿叔
	Kaohsiung	阿叔
	Kinmen	阿叔
	Penghu (Magong)	阿叔
	Penang (Hokkien)	叔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	阿叔
	Manila (Hokkien)	阿叔
	Longyan	叔牯
	Zhangping	叔仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	俺叔
	Datian	阿叔
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	叔
	Chaozhou	阿叔
	Shantou	阿叔
	Haifeng	叔
	Bangkok (Teochew)	阿叔
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	阿叔
	Singapore (Teochew)	阿叔
	Leizhou	尼叔, 叔
	Wenchang	叔爹, 爹, 阿爹
	Haikou	叔爹, 叔爸
Puxian Min	Putian	阿叔
Puxian Min	Xianyou	阿叔
Central Min	Yong'an	叔仔
	Sanyuan	叔
	Shaxian	阿叔
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	叔叔, 叔
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	叔, 阿叔
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	阿叔, 叔
Shehua	Fu'an	阿叔
	Luoyuan	阿家
	Sanming	阿叔
	Shunchang	阿叔
	Hua'an	阿叔
	Guixi (Zhangping)	叔叔
	Cangnan	叔
	Jingning	叔
	Lishui	叔仔
	Longyou	阿叔
	Chaozhou	叔
	Fengshun	阿叔
Wu	Shanghai	爺叔, 叔叔
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小伯
	Suzhou	阿叔, 叔叔, 好叔
	Wuxi	叔叔
	Danyang	叔叔, 爺叔, 育育
	Hangzhou	小伯伯, 叔叔
	Ningbo	阿叔
	Wenzhou	阿叔, 阿大
	Jinhua	叔叔, 叔叔兒, 叔, 叔兒, 叔伯
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	叔, 叔叔
Xiang	Changsha	叔叔, 滿滿 rural
	Xiangtan	滿滿
	Loudi	阿叔, 叔唧
	Shuangfeng	阿叔, 叔唧
	Quanzhou	叔叔, 叔

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ fu^6-2

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ fu^6-2
  - Yale: sūk fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ fu^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ fu^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ fuː²²⁻³⁵/

Noun[edit]

叔父

(Cantonese) elder in a gang; someone who is of the same generation as the gang leader

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
叔	父
Grade: S	Grade: 2
irregular

Pronunciation[edit]

(Tokyo) おじ [òjí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞ʑi]

Noun[edit]

叔父(おじ) • (oji)

uncle (younger than one’s parent)

Usage notes[edit]

This term is spelled in hiragana when referring to non-age-specific relatives.

Coordinate terms[edit]

叔母(おば) (oba): aunt (younger than one’s parent)
伯母(おば) (oba): aunt (older than one’s parent)
伯父(おじ) (oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)

Related terms[edit]

伯父(おじ) (oji): uncle (older than one’s parent)
おじさん (ojisan): uncle (polite)
小父(おじ)さん (ojisan): man, old man, mister

References[edit]

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term
叔	父

Noun[edit]

叔父 • (sukbu) (hangeul 숙부)

Hanja form^? of 숙부 (“uncle”).

Vietnamese[edit]

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
叔	父

Noun[edit]

叔父

chữ Hán form of thúc phụ (“uncle”).

[SMK2-1] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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叔父

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叔父

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