殊

Translingual

Han character

殊 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一弓竹十木 (MNHJD), four-corner 1529₀, composition ⿰歹朱)

Derived characters

• 𢲬

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 580, character 25
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16451
• Dae Jaweon: page 972, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1385, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6B8A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *to, *djo) : semantic 歺 + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

Pronunciation

Definitions

殊

1. ^† to behead; to decapitate; to kill
2. ^† to die; to lose one's life
3. ^† to cut off; to sever
4. different; disparate; dissimilar

   • 故言多方，殊類，異故，則不可偏觀也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     故言多方，殊类，异故，则不可偏观也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mozi, c. 4^th century BCE

     Gù yán duō fāng, shū lèi, yì gù, zé bùkě piān guān yě.

     Thus doctrine should rely upon many methods, various kinds, different causes, and cannot be looked upon from a single perspective.

5. ^† to distinguish; to differentiate
6. outstanding; exceptional; excellent
7. special; peculiar; distinctive
8. ^† extremely; very
9. ^† still; yet

   • 殊不知我之津、液、涎、淚皆水。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     殊不知我之津、液、涎、泪皆水。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Guanyinzi, time unknown

     Shū bùzhī wǒ zhī jīn, yè, xián, lèi jiē shuǐ.

     And yet do not know that sweat, fluids, saliva and tears are all water.

10. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. particularly; especially; exceptionally

Readings

• Go-on: じゅ (ju); ず (zu)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)
• Kun: こと (koto, 殊, Jōyō); ことなる (kotonaru); ころす (korosu); たつ (tatsu)

Korean

Hanja

殊 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

殊: Hán Nôm readings: thùa, thù, thò

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