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Translingual
Han character
酗 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+4, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一田山大 (MWUK), four-corner 12670, composition ⿰酉凶)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1281, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39794
- Dae Jaweon: page 1781, character 16
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3576, character 9
- Unihan data for U+9157
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 酗
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*qʰos
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| 凶
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*qʰoŋ
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| 匈
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*qʰoŋ
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| 兇
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*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
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| 訩
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*qʰoŋ
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| 胸
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*qʰoŋ
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| 胷
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*qʰoŋ
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| 洶
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*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
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| 恟
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*qʰoŋ
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| 詾
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*qʰoŋ, *qʰoŋʔ
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Written as 䣱 in Shuowen. Compare 醺 (OC *qʰun).
Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qʰos) : semantic 酉 (“alcohol”) + phonetic 凶 (OC *qʰoŋ, “bad”).
Pronunciation
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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酗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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13888
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Phonetic
component
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凶
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Rime
group
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侯
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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昫
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Old
Chinese
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/*qʰos/
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Definitions
酗
- to be given to heavy drinking
- to be roaring drunk; to become violent under the influence of alcohol
Compounds
References
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “酗”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.
Japanese
Kanji
酗
(Hyōgai kanji)
- drunk
- to become violent under the influence of alcohol
Readings
- On (unclassified): く (ku)
Korean
Hanja
酗 • (hu) (hangeul 후, revised hu, McCune–Reischauer hu, Yale hwu)
- drunk
- to become violent under the influence of alcohol
Vietnamese
Han character
酗: Hán Việt readings: hú[1][2][3][4], húng[1][4], hung[2]
酗: Nôm readings: hú[1], húng
- chữ Hán form of húng (“drunk”).
References