鄒

See also: 邹

鄒 U+9112, 鄒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9112 ← 鄑 [U+9111] CJK Unified Ideographs 鄓 → [U+9113]

Translingual

Han character

鄒 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心山弓中 (PUNL), four-corner 2742₇, composition ⿰芻阝)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1275, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39562
• Dae Jaweon: page 1774, character 30
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3789, character 10
• Unihan data for U+9112

Chinese

trad.		鄒
simp.		邹
alternative forms		鄹 𨛄 𨛃 𨜈 𨝮

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鄒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
煼	*sʰroːʔ
謅	*sʰroːʔ, *ʔsru, *sʰru
縐	*sʰroːs, *ʔsrus
鄒	*ʔsru
騶	*ʔsru
搊	*ʔsruʔ, *sʰru, *ʔsro
皺	*ʔsrus
篘	*sʰru
㑳	*zrus, *ʔsro, *rnuːb
趍	*sʰlo, *l'al
趨	*sʰlo
芻	*sʰro
犓	*sʰro
雛	*zro
鶵	*zro
媰	*zro
齺	*zroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsru) : phonetic 芻 (OC *sʰro) + semantic 邑 (“city; state”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōu (zou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chêu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zêu¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): cĕu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chau

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zou¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tseu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zou
    • Wade–Giles: tsou¹
    • Yale: dzōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzou
    • Palladius: цзоу (czou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu
    • Hakka Romanization System: zeu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zeu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zêu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡seu⁴⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cĕu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau
    • Tâi-lô: tsau
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tseu
    • MiniDict: tseu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tseu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɤ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrjuw

Rime
Character	鄒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	側鳩切
Baxter	tsrjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂiu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂuw/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiu/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鄒
Reading #	1/1
No.	1593
Phonetic component	芻
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鄒
Old Chinese	/*ʔsru/

Definitions

鄒

1. (historical) Zou (an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty)
2. (～族) Tsou (a Taiwanese aborigine ethnic group, borrowed from Tsou Cou)
3. a surname

   鄒至蕙／邹至蕙 [Cantonese]  ―  zau¹ zi³ wai⁶ [Jyutping]  ―  Olivia Chow (Canadian politician born in Hong Kong)

Compounds

• 鄒人／邹人 (zōurén)
• 鄒城／邹城 (Zōuchéng, “Zoucheng”)
• 鄒族／邹族 (Zōuzú)
• 鄒灣／邹湾 (Zōuwān)
• 鄒纓齊紫／邹缨齐紫
• 鄒語／邹语 (Zōuyǔ)
• 鄒郭／邹郭 (Zōuguō)
• 鄒魯／邹鲁
• 鄒魯遺風／邹鲁遗风

 

Descendants

• → English: Tsou, Zou

Japanese

Kanji

鄒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu); しゅう (shū)
• Kan-on: すう (sū)

Korean

Hanja

鄒 (eum 추 (chu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

鄒: Hán Nôm readings: trâu

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