瘦

See also: 痩

Translingual

Japanese	痩
Simplified	瘦
Traditional	瘦

Alternative forms

Note that the traditional form contains 𦥑 (7 strokes) while mainland China's standardized form ((deprecated template usage) 新字形, Xin Zixing) contains 臼 (6 strokes). Both forms are encoded under the same code point. Depending on the font installed, this character may appear to be either 瘦 or 瘦.

Han character

瘦 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+10 in traditional Chinese, 疒+9 in simplified Chinese, 15 strokes in traditional Chinese, 14 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 大竹難水 (KHXE), four-corner 0014₇, composition ⿸疒叟)

Derived characters

• 𦢝, 𩽉

Related characters

• 瘦 (Japanese shinjitai)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 778, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22415
• Dae Jaweon: page 1188, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2685, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7626

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Chinese

trad.		瘦
simp. #		瘦
alternative forms		㾪 Min Nan

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
㮴	*suːw
艘	*suːw, *sɯːw
嫂	*suːwʔ
瞍	*sɯːw, *suːʔ
謏	*slɯːwʔ, *suːʔ, *suːs, *srɯwɢ
叜	*sluːʔ
叟	*suːʔ
傁	*suːʔ
廋	*suːʔ, *sru
醙	*suʔ, *sru
遚	*sʰrus
餿	*sru
搜	*sru
颼	*sru
溲	*sru, *sruʔ
鎪	*sru
獀	*sru
鄋	*sru
螋	*sru, *sro
騪	*sru
瘦	*srus

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shòu, shào (shou⁴, shao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ, ㄕㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chheu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sò / sò͘ / só / só͘ / sán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sou² / sang²

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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/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shào
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shào
    • Wade–Giles: shao⁴
    • Yale: shàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaw
    • Palladius: шао (šao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau³
    • Yale: sau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chheu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ceu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ceu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰeu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò
    • Tâi-lô: sò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sox
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só
    • Tâi-lô: só
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /so⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘
    • Tâi-lô: sóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sor
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sán
    • Tâi-lô: sán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sarn
    • IPA (Taipei): /san⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴¹/

Note: sán - 㾪 is used in the Mainland..

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sou² / sang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sóu / sáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou⁵²/, /saŋ⁵²/

Note: sang2 - semantic (original character is 㾪).

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 瘦
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂou⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂou⁵³/
	Tianjin	/sou⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂou²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂou⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂou³¹²/
	Xi'an	/sou⁴⁴/
	Xining	/sɯ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/səu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂou¹³/
	Ürümqi	/sɤu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/səu¹³/
	Guiyang	/səu²¹³/
	Kunming	/səu²¹²/
	Nanjing	/səɯ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sɯ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/səu⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/səu³⁵/
	Hohhot	/səu⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/sɤ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/sɤ⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/sei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sau³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕiu³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/sə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɛu⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/seu⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰeu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɐu³³/
	Nanning	/sɐu³³/
	Hong Kong	/sɐu³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/søy⁴⁴/ 訓讀衰
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/so⁵⁴/ /se⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sou²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/taŋ²¹³/ 訓讀

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• Middle Chinese: srjuwH

Rime
Character	瘦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所佑切
Baxter	srjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨuH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃiuH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiəuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuwH/
Li Rong	/ʃiuH/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ə̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*sru-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*srus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	瘦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ srjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*sru-s/
English	lean (adj.)
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	瘦
Reading #	1/1
No.	12090
Phonetic component	叟
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*srus/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 瘦

1. thin; slender; skinny

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2. to lose weight; to become thin

   他瘦了五公斤  ―  tā shòu le wǔ gōngjīn  ―  He lost five kilograms.

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Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 㾪 (sán)

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Shinjitai	瘦
Kyūjitai	痩

Kanji

瘦

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 痩)

1. Kyūjitai form of 痩 (to become thin; to lose weight)

Readings

• On (unclassified): そう (sō); しゅう (shū)
• Kun: やせる (yaseru, 瘦せる)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. thin
2. emaciated
3. lean
4. meager

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 瘦 (sấu, xấu)

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