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Translingual

Han character

(radical 85 +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜火水 (EYFE), four-corner 37140, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 629, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17634
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1647, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+6DD1

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*ʔsliw
*ʔsliw
*l'ɯːwɢ, *ʔslɯwɢ
*l'ɯːwɢ
*nɯːwɢ
*sʰlɯːwɢ
*sʰlɯːwɢ
*sʰlɯːwɢ
*sʰlɯːwɢ
*sʰlɯːwɢ
*zlɯːwɢ
*ʔsluːb
*sʰlɯːɡ
*srɯːɡ, *ʔslɯwɢ, *srɯwɢ
*ʔl'uːwɢ
*ʔl'uːwɢ
*ʔl'uːwɢ, *sluːwɢ
*ʔslɯːwɢ
*ʔslɯwɢ
*ʔslɯwɢ
*ʔslɯwɢ, *ʔsrɯwɢ
*ʔslɯwɢ
*l̥ʰɯwɢ
*ʔljɯwɢ, *l̥ʰjɯwɢ
*l̥ʰjɯwɢ
*l̥ʰjɯwɢ
*ɦljɯwɢ
*ɦljɯwɢ
*hljɯwɢ
*hljɯwɢ
*hljɯwɢ
*hljɯwɢ
*hljɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɦljɯwɢ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *hljɯwɢ).

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (25)
Final () (4)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑuwk̚/
Li
Rong
/ʑiuk̚/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯uk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shú
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shū
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyuwk ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]iwk/
English fine, good

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 11756
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*ɦljɯwɢ/

Definitions

  1. limpid; clear; pure
  2. kind-hearted; virtuous; good
  3. charming; beautiful; fair

Compounds

  • 不淑
  • 名門淑女名门淑女
  • 嫻淑娴淑
  • 朱淑真
  • 毛施淑姿
  • 淑世
  • 淑人
  • 淑人君子
  • 淑化
  • 淑問淑问
  • 淑善君子
  • 淑均
  • 淑女 (shūnǚ)
  • 淑姿
  • 淑媛
  • 淑尤
  • 淑弟
  • 淑德
  • 淑性
  • 淑慎
  • 淑慝殊途
  • 淑懿
  • 淑教流徽
  • 淑景
  • 淑氣淑气
  • 淑清
  • 淑範淑范
  • 淑美
  • 淑胤
  • 淑郁
  • 私淑
  • 窈窕淑女 (yǎotiǎo shūnǚ)
  • 貞懿賢淑贞懿贤淑
  • 貞淑贞淑 (zhēnshū)
  • 賢淑贤淑 (xiánshū)
  • 遇人不淑

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. graceful
  2. gentle
  3. pure

Readings


Korean

Hanja

(suk) (hangeul , revised suk, McCune-Reischauer suk, Yale swuk)

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