鬚

See also: 须

Translingual

Han character

鬚 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+12, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹竹竹金 (SHHHC), four-corner 7228₆, composition ⿱髟須)

Related characters

• 髭

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1456, character 38
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45580
• Dae Jaweon: page 1988, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4535, character 11
• Unihan data for U+9B1A

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Chinese

trad.		鬚
simp.		须*
alternative forms		須 archaic

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (須) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
盨	*sraʔ
須	*so
鬚	*so
嬃	*so
蕦	*so

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *so) : semantic 髟 (“hair”) + phonetic 須 (OC *so).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nwat ~ *s-nut (“mouth”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xū (xu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sou¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhu¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sî
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiu / su / si

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syu
    • Wade–Giles: hsü¹
    • Yale: syū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
    • Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy⁵⁵/
• 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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sî
    • Hakka Romanization System: xi´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xi¹
    • Sinological IPA: /si²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiu
    • Tâi-lô: tshiu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiw
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
    • Tâi-lô: su
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sw
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si
    • Tâi-lô: si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sy
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si⁴⁴/

Note:

• chhiu - vernacular;
• su/si - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: ciu¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiu
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu³³/

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• Middle Chinese: sju

Rime
Character	鬚
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	相俞切
Baxter	sju
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/sio/
Shao Rongfen	/sio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/suə̆/
Li Rong	/sio/
Wang Li	/sĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seoi1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C-[s.n]o/

  (Zhengzhang): /*so/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	鬚
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xū
Middle Chinese	‹ sju ›
Old Chinese	/*C-[s.n]o/
English	beard
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	鬚
Reading #	1/1
No.	13956
Phonetic component	須
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	須
Old Chinese	/*so/
Notes	須轉註俗字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 鬚

1. beard; whisker

   剃鬚／剃须 [Cantonese]  ―  tai³ sou¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to shave one's beard

   虎鬚／虎须  ―  hǔxū  ―  tiger's whiskers

2. antenna; feeler
3. whisker-like

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Japanese

Kanji

鬚

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: ひげ (hige, 鬚)

Noun

鬚(ひげ) • (hige) 

1. mustache; beards; whiskers

Synonyms

• 髭(ひげ) (hige)

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Korean

Hanja

鬚 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 鬚 (tu, tua)

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