毆

See also: 殴

毆 U+6BC6, 毆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BC6 ← 毅 [U+6BC5] CJK Unified Ideographs 毇 → [U+6BC7]

Translingual

Japanese	殴
Simplified	殴
Traditional	毆

Han character

毆 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸口竹弓水 (SRHNE), four-corner 7774₇, composition ⿰區殳)

Derived characters

• 𬥍

Descendants

• 殴

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 587, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16674
• Dae Jaweon: page 979, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2165, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6BC6

Chinese

trad.		毆
simp.		殴
alternative forms		歐／欧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 毆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
摳	*kʰoː, *kʰo
彄	*kʰoː
剾	*kʰoː, *qoː
謳	*qoː
歐	*qoː, *qoːʔ
區	*qoː, *kʰo
鷗	*qoː
甌	*qoː
漚	*qoː, *qoːs
瞘	*qoː
嘔	*qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙	*qoː
膒	*qoː
蓲	*qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧	*qoː, *qas
鏂	*qoː
毆	*qoːʔ
塸	*qoːʔ
貙	*kʰl'o
樞	*kʰjo
驅	*kʰo, *kʰos
軀	*kʰo
嶇	*kʰo
鰸	*kʰo
敺	*kʰo
傴	*qoʔ
嫗	*qos
饇	*qos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːʔ) : phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo) + semantic 殳 (“action”).

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ōu (ou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ió / o͘ / o / au

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ao¹ / ao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ou
    • Wade–Giles: ou¹
    • Yale: ōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
    • Palladius: оу (ou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au²
    • Yale: áu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au²
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯³⁵/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ió
    • Tâi-lô: ió
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ioir
    • IPA (Taipei): /io⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /io⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
    • Tâi-lô: oo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: of
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o
    • Tâi-lô: o
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oy
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au
    • Tâi-lô: au
    • Phofsit Daibuun: aw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au⁴⁴/

Note:

• ió/o͘ - literary;
• o/au - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ao¹ / ao²
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: au / áu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³³/, /au⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: 'uwX

Rime
Character	毆
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	烏后切
Baxter	'uwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔəuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔəuX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔəwX/
Li Rong	/ʔuX/
Wang Li	/əuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	au2

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qoːʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	毆
Reading #	1/1
No.	10597
Phonetic component	區
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	歐
Old Chinese	/*qoːʔ/

Definitions

毆

1. to beat; to fight with fists; to hit; to strike; to brawl
2. a surname

Descendants

• → English: Ou, Au, Aw

Compounds

• 互毆／互殴 (hù'ōu)
• 凶毆
• 反目互毆／反目互殴
• 攢毆／攒殴
• 毆傷／殴伤
• 毆打／殴打 (ōudǎ)
• 毆擊／殴击
• 毆斃／殴毙 (ōubì)
• 毆氣／殴气
• 毆罵／殴骂 (ōumà)
• 毆辱／殴辱
• 群毆／群殴 (qún'ōu)
• 鬥毆／斗殴 (dòu'ōu)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): au³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: au³
    • Yale: au
    • Cantonese Pinyin: au³
    • Guangdong Romanization: eo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɐu̯³³/

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

毆

1. (Cantonese) to beat; to hit

Japanese

Shinjitai	殴
Kyūjitai	毆

Kanji

毆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 殴)

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Readings

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: なぐる (naguru, 毆る); たたく (tataku, 毆く)

Korean

Hanja

毆 (eum 구 (gu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

毆: Hán Nôm readings: ẩu

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