廋

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廋 U+5ECB, 廋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ECB
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 廌 →

Translingual

Han character

廋 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹難水 (IHXE), four-corner 00247, composition ⿸广叟)

  1. conceal, hide
  2. search for, seek
  3. enigmatic language

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 349, character 14
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9438
  • Dae Jaweon: page 660, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 895, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5ECB

Chinese

trad. 廋
simp. # 廋
alternative forms 廀
𢊈

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (叟) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
㮴 *suːw
艘 *suːw, *sɯːw
嫂 *suːwʔ
瞍 *sɯːw, *suːʔ
謏 *slɯːwʔ, *suːʔ, *suːs, *srɯwɢ
叜 *sluːʔ
叟 *suːʔ
傁 *suːʔ
廋 *suːʔ, *sru
醙 *suʔ, *sru
遚 *sʰrus
餿 *sru
搜 *sru
颼 *sru
溲 *sru, *sruʔ
鎪 *sru
獀 *sru
鄋 *sru
螋 *sru, *sro
騪 *sru
瘦 *srus

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 廋
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 所鳩切
Baxter srjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂuw/
Li
Rong 		/ʃiu/
Wang
Li 		/ʃĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʂi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shōu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sau1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 廋 廋
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 12074 12083
Phonetic
component 		叟 叟
Rime
group 		幽 幽
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		叜 𢯱
Old
Chinese 		/*suːʔ/ /*sru/

Definitions

廋

  1. (literary, archaic) to hide; to conceal oneself
  2. (obsolete) Alternative form of 搜 (sōu, “to search”)
  3. (obsolete, rare) cove; bay; inlet

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

廋

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. conceal
  2. hide
  3. search for
  4. seek

Readings

  • On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)、しゅ (shu)、そう (sō)、す (su)
  • Kun: かくす (kakusu)

Korean

Hanja

廋 (eum 수 (su))

  1. conceal
  2. hide
  3. search for
  4. seek

Vietnamese

Han character

廋: Hán Nôm readings: sưu

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References

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