獸

See also: 獣 and 兽

獸 U+7378, 獸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7378 ← 獷 [U+7377] CJK Unified Ideographs 獹 → [U+7379]

Translingual

Traditional	獸
Shinjitai	獣
Simplified	兽

Han character

獸 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口口戈大 (RRIK) or 難口口戈大 (XRRIK), four-corner 6363₄, composition ⿰嘼犬)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 721, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20775
• Dae Jaweon: page 1132, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1375, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7378

Chinese

trad.		獸
simp.		兽

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 獸
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
獸	*qʰljus
嘼	*qʰlus

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 單 (“hunting weapon”) + 犬 (“dog”) – "hunting". 口 was added later (see 嘼).

Etymology

Exopassive of 狩 (OC *qʰljus, “to hunt”), literally "what is hunted" (Schuessler, 2007). Speculatively, 獸 (OC *qʰljus) can be compared with Tibetan འཆོར་བ ('chor ba, “to hunt”) (ibid.).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòu (shou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ciu¹

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cu⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): siu̿
• Eastern Min (BUC): séu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siù

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siu³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵seu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shòu
    • Wade–Giles: shou⁴
    • Yale: shòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: show
    • Palladius: шоу (šou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau³
    • Yale: sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ciu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siu̿
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: séu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛu²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siù
    • Tâi-lô: siù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siu³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵seu
    • MiniDict: seu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²seu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: syuwH

Rime
Character	獸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舒救切
Baxter	syuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuwH/
Li Rong	/ɕiuH/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəuH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s.tʰu(ʔ)-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰljus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	獸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ syuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*s.tʰu(ʔ)-s/
English	(wild) animal
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	獸
Reading #	1/1
No.	11712
Phonetic component	嘼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	狩
Old Chinese	/*qʰljus/

Definitions

獸

1. beast; animal

   • 庖有肥肉，廄有肥馬，民有飢色，野有餓莩，此率獸而食人也。獸相食，且人惡之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     庖有肥肉，厩有肥马，民有饥色，野有饿莩，此率兽而食人也。兽相食，且人恶之。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Páo yǒu féiròu, jiù yǒu féi mǎ, mín yǒu jīsè, yě yǒu èfú, cǐ shuài shòu ér shí rén yě. Shòu xiàng shí, qiě rén wù zhī. [Pinyin]

     In your kitchen there is fat meat; in your stables there are fat horses. But your people have the look of hunger, and on the wilds there are those who have died of famine. This is leading on beasts to devour men. Beasts devour one another, and men hate them for doing so.

2. bestial
3. (subculture) furry

   獸迷／兽迷  ―  shòumí  ―  Furry fandom

Compounds

• 人獸交 / 人兽交 (rénshòujiāo)
• 人面獸心 / 人面兽心 (rénmiànshòuxīn)
• 噴香獸 / 喷香兽
• 困獸 / 困兽 (kùnshòu)
• 困獸之鬥 / 困兽之斗
• 困獸猶鬥 / 困兽犹斗
• 如鳥獸散 / 如鸟兽散
• 孤獸 / 孤兽
• 害獸 / 害兽 (hàishòu)
• 怪獸 / 怪兽 (guàishòu)
• 毒蛇猛獸 / 毒蛇猛兽 (dúshéměngshòu)
• 洪水猛獸 / 洪水猛兽 (hóngshuǐměngshòu)
• 海獸 / 海兽 (hǎishòu)
• 狼子獸心 / 狼子兽心
• 猛獸 / 猛兽 (měngshòu)
• 獸人 / 兽人 (shòurén)
• 獸伏 / 兽伏
• 獸力車 / 兽力车
• 獸化人 / 兽化人 (shòuhuàrén)
• 獸圈 / 兽圈 (shòujuàn)
• 獸姦 / 兽奸 (shòujiān)
• 獸媒花 / 兽媒花
• 獸心 / 兽心
• 獸心人面 / 兽心人面
• 獸性 / 兽性 (shòuxìng)
• 獸慾 / 兽欲 (shòuyù)
• 獸炭 / 兽炭
• 獸環 / 兽环
• 獸睡 / 兽睡
• 獸聚鳥散 / 兽聚鸟散
• 獸行 / 兽行 (shòuxíng)
• 獸醫 / 兽医 (shòuyī)
• 獸醫學 / 兽医学 (shòuyīxué)
• 獸類 / 兽类 (shòulèi)
• 率獸食人 / 率兽食人
• 珍獸 / 珍兽 (zhēnshòu)
• 珍禽異獸 / 珍禽异兽 (zhēnqínyìshòu)
• 瑞獸 / 瑞兽
• 瑰禽怪獸 / 瑰禽怪兽
• 瓦獸 / 瓦兽
• 百獸 / 百兽 (bǎishòu)
• 百獸之王 / 百兽之王
• 百獸率舞 / 百兽率舞
• 皮翼獸 / 皮翼兽
• 禽奔獸遁 / 禽奔兽遁
• 禽獸 / 禽兽 (qínshòu)
• 禽獸不如 / 禽兽不如
• 經濟怪獸 / 经济怪兽
• 藥獸 / 药兽
• 蟄獸 / 蛰兽
• 衣冠禽獸 / 衣冠禽兽 (yīguānqínshòu)
• 豕交獸畜 / 豕交兽畜
• 走獸 / 走兽 (zǒushòu)
• 野獸 / 野兽 (yěshòu)
• 野獸派 / 野兽派 (yěshòupài)
• 銅獸 / 铜兽
• 鎮墓獸 / 镇墓兽
• 靈獸 / 灵兽 (língshòu)
• 飛禽走獸 / 飞禽走兽 (fēiqínzǒushòu)
• 食蟻獸 / 食蚁兽 (shíyǐshòu)
• 鳥獸 / 鸟兽 (niǎoshòu)
• 鳥獸散 / 鸟兽散 (niǎoshòusàn)
• 鳥獸行 / 鸟兽行
• 鴨嘴獸 / 鸭嘴兽 (yāzuǐshòu)

References

• “獸”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Shinjitai	獣
Kyūjitai	獸

Kanji

獸

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 獣)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: じゅう (jū)^{←じう (ziu, historical)}
• Kun: けもの (kemono, 獸)、けだもの (kedamono, 獸)

Korean

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰu]
• Phonetic hangul: [수]

Hanja

Wikisource

獸 • (su) (hangeul 수, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Compounds

• 수간 (獸姦, sugan, “bestiality (sexual activity)”)

Vietnamese

Han character

獸: Hán Nôm readings: thú

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