讐

See also: 讎 and 仇

Translingual

Han character

讐 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+16, 23 strokes, cangjie input 人土卜一口 (OGYMR), composition ⿱雔言)

1. enemy, rival, opponent

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1187, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36125
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4031, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8B90

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 讐 – see 讎 (“to collate”). (This character is a variant form of 讎).

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Japanese

Kanji

讐

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. enemy
2. revenge, vengeance

Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju); ず (zu)
• On: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: あだ (ada, 讐); むくいる (mukuiru, 讐いる)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
讐
あだ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

/ata/ → /ada/

A sound shift in the Edo period from earlier form ata, itself from classical verb 当つ (atsu), which became modern 当たる (ataru, “to be against”).

Alternative forms

• 仇, (rare) 寇

Noun

讐(あだ) • (ada) 

1. an opponent, an enemy, a foe
2. harm, injury
3. terrible treatment (of someone or something)
4. hate towards someone, a grudge

Usage notes

The spelling 仇 is much more common.

Synonyms

• (enemy): 敵 (kataki), 敵 (teki)
• (harm): 危害 (kigai)
• (hate): 怨み (urami)
• (grudge): 怨恨 (enkon), 遺恨 (ikon)

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Korean

Hanja

讐 (eum 수 (su))

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Vietnamese

Han character

讐: Hán Nôm readings: cừu, thù

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