酥

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1282, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39835
• Dae Jaweon: page 1782, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3579, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9165

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Chinese

trad.		酥
simp. #		酥
alternative forms		𦢦 ‡ 𨣺 ‡ 𨢭 ‡ 𦣑 ‡s

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sŋaː) : semantic 酉 (“alcohol”) + abbreviated phonetic 穌 (OC *sŋaː).

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sū (su¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): su¹

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sou¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): su¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sû

  (Meixian, Guangdong): si¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): su¹
• Northern Min (KCR): sú
• Eastern Min (BUC): sŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): so͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sou¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹su
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: su
    • Wade–Giles: su¹
    • Yale: sū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: su
    • Palladius: су (su)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: su¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: su
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬu³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: su¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁴²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su¹
    • Sinological IPA: /su²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sz̩⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: su¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /su¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹su
    • MiniDict: su^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹su
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /su⁵³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: sou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: su

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
Baxter	su
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sou1

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 酥

1. (archaic) butter
2. ^† alcohol
3. flaky pastry; shortbread

   鳳梨酥／凤梨酥  ―  fènglísū  ―  pineapple cake

4. crispy; flaky
5. weak; limp

   alt. forms: 䜹 obsolete

6. soft; satiny

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Japanese

Kanji

酥

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. milk

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-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

(deprecated template usage) 酥 (tô)

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