酥

酥 U+9165, 酥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9165 ← 酤 [U+9164] CJK Unified Ideographs 酦 → [U+9166]

Translingual

Han character

酥 (radical 164 酉+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹木 (MWHD), four-corner 1269₄, composition ⿰酉禾)

1. butter
2. flaky, crispy, light, fluffy

References

• KangXi: page 1282, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39835
• Dae Jaweon: page 1782, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3579, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9165

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		酥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sū (su¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹
• Min Nan (POJ): so͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ
    • Wade-Giles: su¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: su
    • IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
    • Tâi-lô: soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /suo/▼

Rime
Character	酥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	素姑切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suo/
Pan Wuyun	/suo/
Shao Rongfen	/so/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɔ/
Li Rong	/so/
Wang Li	/su/
Bernard Karlgren	/suo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sū

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酥
Reading #	1/1
No.	12094
Phonetic component	酥
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蘇
Old Chinese	/*sŋaː/
Notes	穌省聲

Definitions

酥

1. A kind of Chinese pastry similar to that used in mooncakes

Compounds

• 大辣酥
• 桃酥
• 油酥 (yóusū)
• 滴粉搓酥
• 滴酥
• 破酥包
• 粉頸酥胸／粉颈酥胸
• 蟾酥
• 辣酥酥

• 酥倒
• 酥油 (sūyóu)
• 酥燒／酥烧
• 酥簽／酥签
• 酥糖
• 酥胸
• 酥軟／酥软
• 酥酪

• 酥麻
• 酪酥
• 酴酥
• 鑽冰求酥／钻冰求酥
• 香酥
• 骨軟筋酥／骨软筋酥
• 麻酥酥
• 點酥／点酥

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Japanese

Kanji

酥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. milk

Readings

• On: そ (so)
• Kun: ちちざけ (chichizake)

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Korean

Hanja

酥 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune-Reischauer so, Yale so)

1. butter
2. flaky
3. crispy, light, fluffy

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Vietnamese

Han character

酥 (tô)

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