醜

See also: 丑

醜 U+919C, 醜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919C ← 醛 [U+919B] CJK Unified Ideographs 醝 → [U+919D]

Translingual

Han character

醜 (radical 164 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹山戈 (MWHUI), four-corner 1661₃, composition ⿰酉鬼)

References

• KangXi: page 1286, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39969
• Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3590, character 6
• Unihan data for U+919C

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Chinese

trad.		醜
simp.		丑*

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒu (chou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhú
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiú / siú / thiú / thiúⁿ
• Wu (Wiktionary): tsheu (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ou³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choou
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau²
    • Yale: cháu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo²
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhú
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu³
    • IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú
    • Tâi-lô: siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiú
    • Tâi-lô: thiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiuo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiúⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thiúnn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tviuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiũ⁵³/

Note: thiú/thiúⁿ - originally 丑, most likely from the influence of the simplified character.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsheu (T2)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɜ³⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰɨu^X/▼

Rime
Character	醜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌九切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuwX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǒu

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*t.qʰuʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰjuʔ/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	醜	醜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chǒu	chǒu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhuwX ›	‹ tsyhuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*t.qʰuʔ/	/*t.qʰuʔ/
English	ugly; evil	category
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	醜
Reading #	1/1
No.	15565
Phonetic component	酉
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	醜
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰjuʔ/

Definitions

醜

1. ugly; homely; hideous
2. shameful; disgraceful

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醜 (“ugly”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		醜、媸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		醜陋
Mandarin	Beijing	難看、寒磣、磣
	Taiwan	難看、醜
	Jinan	難看、醜
	Xi'an	難看、醜、不心疼
	Wuhan	醜、不好看
	Chengdu	難看、醜
	Yangzhou	難看、醜
	Hefei	難看、醜
Cantonese	Guangzhou	難睇、醜、醜怪、樣衰、醜樣、肉酸
	Yangjiang	惡看、醜鬼
Gan	Nanchang	不客氣、難看
Hakka	Meixian	難看、難睞、醜
Jin	Taiyuan	難看、醜
Min Bei	Jian'ou	驚人、毛格式、生得呆
Min Dong	Fuzhou	驚儂、驚、伓好看、生得呆
Min Nan	Xiamen	歹看、㾀勢
	Quanzhou	歹看
	Zhangzhou	䆀看
	Taipei	歹看、䆀、䆀才、㾀、䆀猴、㾀勢
	Kaohsiung	歹看
	Philippines (Manila)	歹看
	Chaozhou	孬睇、野樣、䆀
Wu	Suzhou	難看、怕
	Wenzhou	難覷、否好覷、醜
Xiang	Changsha	醜、不好看
	Shuangfeng	醜、不好看

Compounds

• 丟醜／丢丑
• 亮醜／亮丑
• 倛醜／倛丑
• 出乖弄醜／出乖弄丑
• 出乖露醜／出乖露丑
• 出醜／出丑 (chūchǒu)
• 出醜揚疾／出丑扬疾
• 出醜狼藉／出丑狼藉
• 地醜德齊／地丑德齐
• 大醜／大丑
• 嫌好道醜／嫌好道丑
• 家醜／家丑 (jiāchǒu)
• 小醜／小丑
• 小醜跳梁／小丑跳梁
• 惡直醜正／恶直丑正
• 揭醜／揭丑
• 摧堅獲醜／摧坚获丑
• 獻醜／献丑 (xiànchǒu)
• 當場出醜／当场出丑
• 當場獻醜／当场献丑

• 百拙千醜／百拙千丑
• 美醜／美丑
• 群醜／群丑
• 謷醜／謷丑
• 遮醜／遮丑 (zhēchǒu)
• 醜丫頭／丑丫头
• 醜事／丑事 (chǒushì)
• 醜八怪／丑八怪 (chǒubāguài)
• 醜剌剌／丑剌剌
• 醜劇／丑剧
• 醜化／丑化 (chǒuhuà)
• 醜名／丑名
• 醜吒／丑吒
• 醜地／丑地
• 醜夷／丑夷
• 醜女／丑女 (chǒunǚ)
• 醜女效顰／丑女效颦
• 醜婦／丑妇
• 醜小鴨／丑小鸭 (chǒuxiǎoyā)

• 醜巴怪／丑巴怪
• 醜惡／丑恶 (chǒu'è)
• 醜態／丑态 (chǒutài)
• 醜態畢露／丑态毕露
• 醜態百出／丑态百出
• 醜末／丑末
• 醜生／丑生
• 醜聞／丑闻 (chǒuwén)
• 醜聲四溢／丑声四溢
• 醜聲遠播／丑声远播
• 醜虜／丑虏
• 醜行／丑行
• 醜詆／丑诋
• 醜話／丑话 (chǒuhuà)
• 醜語／丑语
• 醜陋／丑陋 (chǒulòu)
• 醜頭怪臉／丑头怪脸
• 醜類／丑类
• 醜類惡物／丑类恶物

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Japanese

Kanji

醜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. ugly
2. shameful, disgraceful

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: みにくい (minikui, 醜い, Jōyō); にくむ (nikumu, 醜む); たぐい (tagui, 醜); しこ (shiko, 醜)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 醜態 (しゅうたい) (shūtai): disgraceful behavior
• 醜 (しゅう)聞 (ぶん) (shūbun): scandal
• 醜女 (しこめ) (shikome): ugly woman
• 醜男 (ぶおとこ) (buotoko)/醜 (し)男 (こお) (shikō): ugly man
• 醜草 (しこぐさ) (shikogusa): ugliness

• 醜 (しゅう)名 (めい) (shūmei): scandal
• 醜悪 (しゅうあく) (shūaku): ugliness
• 美 (び)醜 (しゅう) (bishū): beauty and ugliness (appearance)
• 老 (ろう)醜 (しゅう) (rōshū): ugliness due to old age
• 醜 (みにく)の木 (き) (minikunoki): ugly tree

Noun

醜 (hiragana しゅう, rōmaji shū)

1. ugliness

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Korean

Hanja

醜 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune-Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)

1. ugly looking, homely
2. disgraceful

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Vietnamese

Han character

醜 (xấu, xổ, xú, xũ, sú)

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