姝

Translingual

Han character

姝 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹十木 (VHJD), four-corner 4549₀, composition ⿰女朱)

1. beautiful girl

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6206
• Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 11
• Unihan data for U+59DD

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Chinese

trad.		姝
simp. #		姝

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (朱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
咮	*tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
株	*to
誅	*to
邾	*to
鼄	*to
跦	*to
袾	*to, *tʰjo
鴸	*to, *tjo
蛛	*to
殊	*to, *djo
趎	*do
珠	*tjo
朱	*tjo
侏	*tjo
絑	*tjo
祩	*tjo, *tjos
鮢	*tjo
硃	*tjo
姝	*tʰjo
銖	*djo
茱	*djo
洙	*djo
陎	*djo

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shū (shu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu¹ / zyu¹

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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: syu¹ / zyu¹
    • Yale: syū / jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy¹ / dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu¹ / ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː⁵⁵/, /t͡syː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhu

Rime
Character	姝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌朱切
Baxter	tsyhu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰio/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姝
Reading #	1/1
No.	17578
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	樞
Old Chinese	/*tʰjo/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

姝

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. beautiful girl

Readings

• On (unclassified): す (su), しゅ (shu)
• Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii)

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Korean

Hanja

姝 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)

1. a beautiful girl