叔父

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Chinese

uncle in direct address father
simp. and trad.
(叔父)

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 2/2
Initial () (26) (3)
Final () (4) (24)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter syuwk bjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ɕɨuk̚/ /bɨoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/ɕiuk̚/ /bioX/
Shao
Rongfen
/ɕiuk̚/ /bioX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ɕuwk̚/ /buə̆X/
Li
Rong
/ɕiuk̚/ /bioX/
Wang
Li
/ɕĭuk̚/ /bĭuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ɕi̯uk̚/ /bʱi̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
suk1 fu6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shū shū
Middle
Chinese
‹ syuwk › ‹ syuwk › ‹ bjuX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-tiwk/ /*s-tiwk/ /*(r)aʔ/
English gather, harvest 3rd of 4 brothers father

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
Reading # 1/1 2/2
No. 11759 3504
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*hljɯwɢ/ /*baʔ/

Noun

叔父

  1. (formal) paternal uncle (father's younger brother)
Synonyms

Pronunciation 2


Noun

叔父

  1. (Cantonese) elder in a gang; someone who is of the same generation as the gang leader

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: S Grade: 2
irregular

Pronunciation

Noun

叔父(おじ) (oji

  1. uncle (younger than one’s parent)

Usage notes

  • This term is spelled in hiragana when referring to non-age-specific relatives.

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

叔父 (sukbu) (hangeul 숙부)

  1. hanja form? of 숙부 (uncle)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

叔父

  1. chữ Hán form of thúc phụ (uncle).