醜

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)

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒu (chou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhú
• Min Nan (POJ): chhiú

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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
    • 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)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiu⁵³/

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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

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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

• 醜草 (shikogusa)
• 醜女 (shikome)
• 醜男 (buotoko, shikoo)
• 醜名 (shikona)
• 醜の木 (shiko no ki)
• 醜悪
• 醜態
• 醜聞
• 美醜
• 老醜

Noun

醜 ‎(hiragana しゅう, romaji shū)

1. ugliness

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

醜 (xú, xấu, xổ, xũ, sú)

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