酋

Translingual

Han character

酋 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿金田一 (TCWM), four-corner 8060₁, composition ⿱丷酉 or ⿱八酉)

Derived characters

• 尊, 奠, 蠤, 猶, 猷, 偤, 崷, 揂, 楢, 煪, 遒, 緧, 蝤, 趥, 輶, 媨, 湭, 禉, 鰌

Usage notes

• There is regional variation in the first two strokes of the character:
  • In mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, they are written as 丷 according to the modern standards.
  • In Japan and Korea, they are written as 八.

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1280, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39765
• Dae Jaweon: page 1779, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3572, character 4
• Unihan data for U+914B

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Chinese

trad.		酋
simp. #		酋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
楢	*kʰjuʔ, *lu
逎	*ʔslu
遒	*sklu, *sɡlu
蝤	*sklu, *sɡlu
揂	*sklu
酒	*ʔsluʔ
媨	*sklus
鞧	*skʰlu
緧	*skʰlu
趥	*skʰlu, *skʰluŋs
酋	*sɡlu
崷	*sɡlu
鰌	*sɡlu
煪	*sɡlu
醜	*l̥ʰjuʔ
猶	*klus, *lu, *lus
猷	*lu
輶	*lu, *luʔ, *lus
偤	*lu
莤	*lu, *sruɡ
蕕	*lu
庮	*lu, *luʔ
槱	*luʔ, *lus
梄	*luʔ
丣	*luʔ
酉	*luʔ

Pictogram (象形) : Some exposed liquid (八) above an alcohol vessel (酉).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 酋

1. chief of a tribe, chieftain

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Japanese

Kanji

酋

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: おさ (osa, 酋); かしら (kashira, 酋)

Meaning

(Based on readings, Chinese meaning, composition with other Kanjis)

1. Chief, Emir, Leader
   1. Related terms: 酋長 (Shūchō), 長 (Osa, Tsukasa)

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Korean

Hanja

酋 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune–Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 酋 (tù)

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