毆

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See also: 殴
毆 U+6BC6, 毆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BC6
← 毅
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 毇 →

Translingual

Japanese 殴
Simplified 殴
Traditional 毆

Han character

毆 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸口竹弓水 (SRHNE), four-corner 77747, composition ⿰區殳)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 587, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16674
  • Dae Jaweon: page 979, character 18
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2165, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+6BC6

Chinese

trad. 毆
simp. 殴
alternative forms 歐／欧

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 毆
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
摳 *kʰoː, *kʰo
彄 *kʰoː
剾 *kʰoː, *qoː
謳 *qoː
歐 *qoː, *qoːʔ
區 *qoː, *kʰo
鷗 *qoː
甌 *qoː
漚 *qoː, *qoːs
瞘 *qoː
嘔 *qoː, *qoːʔ
櫙 *qoː
膒 *qoː
蓲 *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos
醧 *qoː, *qas
鏂 *qoː
毆 *qoːʔ
塸 *qoːʔ
貙 *kʰl'o
樞 *kʰjo
驅 *kʰo, *kʰos
軀 *kʰo
嶇 *kʰo
鰸 *kʰo
敺 *kʰo
傴 *qoʔ
嫗 *qos
饇 *qos

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qoːʔ): phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo) + semantic 殳 (“action”).

Pronunciation 1

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
Note:
  • ió/o͘ - literary;
  • o/au - vernacular.
Rime
Character 毆
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 侯 (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 烏后切
Baxter 'uwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʔəuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʔəuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʔəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʔəwX/
Li
Rong 		/ʔuX/
Wang
Li 		/əuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ʔə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		ǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		au2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 毆
Reading # 1/1
No. 10597
Phonetic
component 		區
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		歐
Old
Chinese 		/*qoːʔ/

Definitions

毆

  1. to beat; to fight with fists; to hit; to strike; to brawl
  2. a surname
Descendants
  • → English: Ou, Au, Aw

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

Definitions

毆

  1. (Cantonese) to beat; to hit (usually with something long)

Japanese

Shinjitai

殴

Kyūjitai

毆

Kanji

毆

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 殴)

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Readings

  • Go-on: う (u)
  • Kan-on: おう (ō)
  • Kun: なぐる (naguru, 毆る)、たたく (tataku, 毆く)

Korean

Hanja

毆 (eum 구 (gu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

毆: Hán Nôm readings: ẩu

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