騶

See also: 驺

騶 U+9A36, 騶 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A36 ← 騵 [U+9A35] CJK Unified Ideographs 騷 → [U+9A37]

Translingual

Han character

騶 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 尸火心山山 (SFPUU), four-corner 7732₇, composition ⿰馬芻)

1. mounted escort
2. groom

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1443, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44928
• Dae Jaweon: page 1967, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4571, character 8
• Unihan data for U+9A36

Chinese

trad.		騶
simp.		驺*
alternative forms		𩣿

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 騶
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

	Old Chinese
煼	*sʰroːʔ
謅	*sʰroːʔ, *ʔsru, *sʰru
縐	*sʰroːs, *ʔsrus
鄒	*ʔsru
騶	*ʔsru
搊	*ʔsruʔ, *sʰru, *ʔsro
皺	*ʔsrus
篘	*sʰru
㑳	*zrus, *ʔsro, *rnuːb
趍	*sʰlo, *l'al
趨	*sʰlo
芻	*sʰro
犓	*sʰro
雛	*zro
鶵	*zro
媰	*zro
齺	*zroːɡ

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zōu (zou¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zou
    • Wade–Giles: tsou¹
    • Yale: dzōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzou
    • Palladius: цзоу (czou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zau¹
    • Yale: jāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsrjuw

Rime
Character	騶
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	側鳩切
Baxter	tsrjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂiu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂuw/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃiu/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zau1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤro/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsru/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	騶
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zōu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsrjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ts]ˁro/
English	groom
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	騶
Reading #	1/1
No.	1595
Phonetic component	芻
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	鄒
Old Chinese	/*ʔsru/

Definitions

騶

1. stablemaster; groom; coach driver

   • 命仆及七騶咸駕，載旌旐，授車以級，整設於屏外。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     命仆及七驺咸驾，载旌旐，授车以级，整设于屏外。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Mìng pú jí qī zōu xián jià, zǎi jīngzhào, shòu chē yǐ jí, zhěng shè yú píng wài. [Pinyin]

     Orders are given to the charioteers and the seven (classes of) grooms to see to the yoking of the several teams, to set up in the carriages the flags and various banners, to assign the carriages according to the rank (of those who were to occupy them), and to arrange and set up the screens outside (the royal tent).

2. cavalry escort

   • 騶從暫令去矣。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     驺从暂令去矣。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1740 CE, Pu Songling, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

     Zōucóng zàn lìng qù yǐ. [Pinyin]

     The cavalry escorts and the henchmen have been ordered to leave temporarily.

3. Used in 騶虞／驺虞 (zōuyú, “zouyu”).
4. a surname

Compounds

• 引騶／引驺
• 騶人／驺人
• 騶卒／驺卒
• 騶奴／驺奴
• 騶從／驺从
• 騶虞／驺虞 (zōuyú)
• 鳴騶／鸣驺

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chou⁴
    • Yale: jòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
    • Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[ts]ˤro(k)-s/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	騶
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòu
Middle Chinese	‹ dzrjuwH ›
Old Chinese	/*m-[ts]ˁro(k)-s/
English	to run
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.

Definitions

騶

1. Alternative form of 驟／骤 (zhòu, “to gallop; to run”)

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qū (qu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qū
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻü¹
    • Yale: chyū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
    • Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

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Definitions

騶

1. Alternative form of 趨／趋 (qū, “to run; to walk quickly”)

Japanese

Kanji

騶

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mounted escort
2. groom

Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū); しゅ (shu); じゅ (ju); す (su); ちゅ (chu); すう (sū)
• Kun: うまかい (umakai); のりうま (noriuma); のりやく (noriyaku); はしる (hashiru); はせる (haseru); や (ya)

Korean

Hanja

騶 • (chu) (hangeul 추)

1. mounted escort
2. groom