朽

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朽 U+673D, 朽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-673D
← 朼
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 朾 →

Translingual

Han character

朽 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 木一女尸 (DMVS), four-corner 41927, composition ⿰木丂)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 510, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14439
  • Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1153, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+673D

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 朽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丂) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
丂 *kʰluːʔ
攷 *kʰluːʔ
考 *kʰluːʔ
烤 *kʰluːʔ
拷 *kʰluːʔ
栲 *kʰluːʔ
洘 *kʰluːʔ
銬 *kʰluːs
巧 *kʰruːʔ, *kʰruːs
朽 *qʰluʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰluʔ) : semantic 木 + phonetic 丂 (OC *kʰluːʔ).

Pronunciation

Note: nau2 - common variant.
Rime
Character 朽
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許久切
Baxter xjuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/hɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/hiuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/xiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/huwX/
Li
Rong 		/xiuX/
Wang
Li 		/xĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/xi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xiǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jau2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 朽
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xiǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xjuwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰ(r)uʔ/
English rot, decay

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 朽
Reading # 1/1
No. 7412
Phonetic
component 		丂
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		朽
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰluʔ/

Definitions

朽

  1. decayed; rotten; decrepit
  2. to rot; to decay

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

朽

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. decay

Readings

Korean

Hanja

朽 (eum 후 (hu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

朽: Hán Nôm readings: hủ

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