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Translingual
Han character
愁 (Kangxi radical 61, 心 +9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹火心 (HFP ), four-corner 29338 , composition ⿱秋 心 )
Derived characters
僽 , 𠿈 , 𱟓 , 𢶲 , 㵞 , 𣜷 , 𦡗 , 矁 , 𧒸 , 𩼗 , 𰂵 , 𰒁 , 𭅿 , 𮧿
References
Kangxi Dictionary: page 393 , character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10885
Dae Jaweon: page 729, character 18
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2322, character 8
Unihan data for U+6101
Chinese
Glyph origin
Old Chinese
鍫
*sʰew
篍
*sʰiw, *sʰiws, *sʰɯw
愀
*sʰiwʔ, *zɯwʔ
湫
*ʔsliwʔ, *ʔsɯw, *sʰɯw, *zɯwʔ
揪
*ʔsɯw
揫
*ʔsɯw
啾
*ʔsɯw
鬏
*ʔsɯw
秋
*sʰɯw
鰍
*sʰɯw
楸
*sʰɯw
秌
*sʰɯw
鞦
*sʰɯw
鶖
*sʰɯw
萩
*sʰɯw
甃
*ʔsrɯws
醔
*sʰrɯw
愁
*zrɯw
僽
*zrɯws
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声 , OC *zrɯw ) : phonetic 秋 ( OC *sʰɯw) + semantic 心 ( “ heart ” )
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : chóu (chou2 )
(Zhuyin ) : ㄔㄡˊ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : cou2
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : sau4
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : seu3
Gan (Wiktionary ) : ceu2
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : sèu
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : sêu2
Jin (Wiktionary ) : cou1
Northern Min (KCR ) : chě
Eastern Min (BUC ) : chèu
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : chhiû / chhô͘
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : cou5
(Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) : ceu5
Wu (Shanghai , Wugniu ) : 6 zeu
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : cou2
Note :
chhiû - vernacular;
chhô͘ - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
愁
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
chóu
Middle Chinese
‹ dzrjuw ›
Old Chinese
/*riw/
English
grieved
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
愁
Reading #
1/1
No.
10550
Phonetic component
秋
Rime group
幽
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
愁
Old Chinese
/*zrɯw/
Definitions
愁
to worry about; to be anxious ; to be grieved
anxiety ; sadness ; sorrow
Synonyms
急 ( jí ) 怕 急眼 ( jíyǎn ) ( colloquial ) 恐怕 ( kǒngpà ) 患 ( huàn ) ( literary, or in compounds ) 憂心 / 忧心 ( yōuxīn ) 憂慮 / 忧虑 ( yōulǜ ) 懸心 / 悬心 ( xuánxīn ) 掛心 / 挂心 ( guàxīn ) 掛礙 / 挂碍 ( guà'ài ) 揪心 ( jiūxīn ) 提心 ( tíxīn ) 擔心 / 担心 ( dānxīn ) 擔憂 / 担忧 ( dānyōu ) 燒心 / 烧心 ( shāoxīn ) ( regional or dated ) 犯愁 ( fànchóu ) 疑慮 / 疑虑 ( yílǜ ) 發急 / 发急 ( fājí ) 發愁 / 发愁 ( fāchóu ) 發極 / 发极 ( 7 faq 8 jiq) ( Wu ) 著急 / 着急 ( zháojí ) 起急 ( qǐjí ) ( colloquial ) 顧慮 / 顾虑 ( gùlǜ )
Compounds
Descendants
References
Japanese
Kanji
愁
(Jōyō kanji )
distress
Readings
Korean
Hanja
愁 • (su ) (hangeul 수 , revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
愁 : Hán Nôm readings: sầu , rầu , ràu , xàu , xầu
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