孰

Translingual

Han character

孰 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜木大弓戈 (YDKNI), four-corner 0541₇, composition ⿰享丸)

Derived characters

• 𪦝, 塾, 𡙰, 𤍨, 熟, 𪜟, 䃞, 𨄡, 𨶝

See also

• 埶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 280, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6995
• Dae Jaweon: page 549, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1016, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5B70

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 孰
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djɯwɢ) : phonetic 𦎫 () + semantic 丮. In modern script 𦎫 and 丮 have corrupted into 享 and 丸 respectively.

Etymology

From *du + *-k (“distributive suffix”); cognate with 誰 (OC *djul, “who”), 疇 (OC *du, “who”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Definitions

孰

1. Original form of 熟 (shú).
2. emphatic or interrogative pronoun
   1. who; whoever; whomever

      人非聖賢，孰能無過 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      人非圣贤，孰能无过 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      rén fēi shèngxián, shú néng wú guò

      People are not sages; who can be without error?

   2. what; what else; whatever

      • 是可忍也，孰不可忍也？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

        From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

        Shì kě rěn yě, shú bùkě rěn yě?

        If he can bear to do this, what may he not bear to do?

   3. which; which one (what among the explicitly or implicitly mentioned)

      • 膾炙與羊棗孰美？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        脍炙与羊枣孰美？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

        Kuàizhì yǔ yángzǎo shú měi?

        Which is the best, minced meat and broiled meat, or sheep-dates?

      • 漢孰與我大？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        汉孰与我大？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

        Hàn shú yǔ wǒ dà?

        Which one is the larger, Han or us?

Synonyms

Compounds

References

• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. which, how, who

Readings

• On (unclassified): じゅく (juku)
• Kun: たれ (tare); いずれ (izure)

Korean

Hanja

孰 (eum 숙 (suk))

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Vietnamese

Han character

孰: Hán Nôm readings: thục

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