醜

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

See also: 丑

Translingual

Han character

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

1. ugly looking, homely
2. disgraceful

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, Beijing)⁺
    • 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 (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
  • (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): /tʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (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/

Adjective

醜

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

Compounds

• 獻醜／献丑 (xiànchǒu)
• 醜事／丑事 (chǒushì)
• 醜八怪／丑八怪 (chǒubāguài)

• 醜化／丑化 (chǒuhuà)
• 醜女／丑女 (chǒunǚ)
• 醜惡／丑恶 (chǒu'è)

• 醜態／丑态 (chǒutài)
• 醜聞／丑闻 (chǒuwén)
• 醜陋／丑陋 (chǒulòu)

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Japanese

Kanji

醜

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. ugly
2. shameful, disgraceful

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū) < しう (shiu)
• Kun: みにくい (minikui), にくむ (nikumu), たぐい (tagui)

Compounds

Derived terms

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

• 醜名 (しゅうめい) (shūmei): scandal
• 醜悪 (しゅうあく) (shūaku): ugliness
• 美醜 (びしゅう) (bishū): beauty and ugliness (appearance)
• 老醜 (ろうしゅう) (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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