陬

陬 U+966C, 陬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-966C ← 陫 [U+966B] CJK Unified Ideographs 陭 → [U+966D]

Translingual

Han character

陬 (Kangxi radical 170, 阜+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 弓中尸十水 (NLSJE), four-corner 7124₇, composition ⿰阝取)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1352, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41685
• Dae Jaweon: page 1855, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4135, character 1
• Unihan data for U+966C

Chinese

trad.		陬
simp. #		陬

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 陬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
陬	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *ʔslo
棷	*ʔsloː, *sʰloːʔ, *sloːʔ, *ʔsru
掫	*ʔsloː, *ʔsruʔ, *ʔslo
緅	*ʔsloː, *ʔsru, *slos
趣	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰlos
取	*sʰloːʔ, *sʰloʔ
鯫	*zloː, *zloːʔ, *sʰlo
棸	*rlu, *rluʔ, *ʔsru
鄹	*ʔsru, *zloʔ, *ljoːnʔ
郰	*ʔsru
齱	*ʔsru, *sʰroːɡ
菆	*ʔsru, *sʰros, *zloːn
箃	*ʔsru
黀	*ʔsru
驟	*zrus
最	*zloːds
襊	*sʰoːds, *sʰoːd
蕞	*zoːds
嘬	*sʰroːds
諏	*ʔslo
娵	*ʔslo
娶	*sʰloʔ, *sʰlos, *slo
聚	*zloʔ, *zlos
埾	*zlos
藂	*zloːŋ
叢	*zloːŋ
繓	*ʔsoːd
撮	*ʔsoːd, *sʰoːd

Pronunciation

• 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: tsju, tsrjuw, tsuw

Rime
Character	陬	陬	陬
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	精 (13)	莊 (18)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	尤 (136)	侯 (137)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	I
Fanqie	子于切	側鳩切	子侯切
Baxter	tsju	tsrjuw	tsuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sɨo/	/t͡ʃɨu/	/t͡səu/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sio/	/ʈ͡ʂiu/	/t͡səu/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sio/	/t͡ʃiəu/	/t͡səu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡suə̆/	/ʈ͡ʂuw/	/t͡səw/
Li Rong	/t͡sio/	/t͡ʃiu/	/t͡su/
Wang Li	/t͡sĭu/	/t͡ʃĭəu/	/t͡səu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡si̯u/	/ʈ͡ʂi̯ə̯u/	/t͡sə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jū	zhōu	zōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zeoi1	zau1	zau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsloː/, /*ʔsru/, /*ʔslo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	陬	陬	陬
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	10621	10633	10651
Phonetic component	取	取	取
Rime group	侯	幽	侯
Rime subdivision	0	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	𣠏	鄒	諏
Old Chinese	/*ʔsloː/	/*ʔsru/	/*ʔslo/

Definitions

陬

1. corner, cranny, nook, niche

Compounds

• 孟陬 (mèngzōu)
• 海陬
• 荒陬
• 陬月 (Zōuyuè)
• 陬落

 

Japanese

Kanji

陬

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. corner

Readings

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}; す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}; しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}; すう (sū); そう (sō)
• Kun: すみ (sumi, 陬)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 陬遠(すうえん) (sūen)
• 陬防(すうぼう) (Sūbō)
• 陬波(すわ) (Suwa)
• 陬月(そうげつ) (sōgetsu)
• 遠陬(えんすう) (ensū)
• 遐陬(かすう) (kasū)
• 西陬(せいすう) (seisū)
• 僻陬(へきすう) (hekisū)
• 片陬(へんすう) (hensū)
• 辺陬(へんすう) (hensū)

Korean

Hanja

陬 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune–Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)

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