淑
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Translingual
Han character
淑 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜火水 (EYFE), four-corner 37140, composition ⿰氵叔)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17634
- Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 14
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1647, character 5
- Unihan data for U+6DD1
Chinese
| simp. and trad. |
淑 | |
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| alternative forms | 𭂑 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 淑 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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| Old Chinese | |
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| 椒 | *ʔsliw |
| 茮 | *ʔsliw |
| 踧 | *l'ɯːwɢ, *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 蔋 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 惄 | *nɯːwɢ |
| 戚 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 慼 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 鏚 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 慽 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 磩 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 寂 | *zlɯːwɢ |
| 嘁 | *ʔsluːb |
| 墄 | *sʰlɯːɡ |
| 摵 | *srɯːɡ, *ʔslɯwɢ, *srɯwɢ |
| 督 | *ʔl'uːwɢ |
| 錖 | *ʔl'uːwɢ |
| 裻 | *ʔl'uːwɢ, *sluːwɢ |
| 傶 | *ʔslɯːwɢ |
| 蹙 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 槭 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 縬 | *ʔslɯwɢ, *ʔsrɯwɢ |
| 顣 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 敊 | *l̥ʰɯwɢ |
| 琡 | *ʔljɯwɢ, *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 俶 | *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 埱 | *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 淑 | *ɦljɯwɢ |
| 婌 | *ɦljɯwɢ |
| 尗 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 叔 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 掓 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 菽 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 鮛 | *hljɯwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɦljɯwɢ) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 叔 (OC *hljɯwɢ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): suk6
- Hakka
- Eastern Min (BUC): sé̤ṳk
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 8zoq
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shu
- Wade–Giles: shu1
- Yale: shū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
- Palladius: шу (šu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shú
- Wade–Giles: shu2
- Yale: shú
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu
- Palladius: шу (šu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: suk6
- Yale: suhk
- Cantonese Pinyin: suk9
- Guangdong Romanization: sug6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sʊk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siuk / suk
- Hakka Romanization System: xiug` / sug`
- Hagfa Pinyim: xiug5 / sug5
- Sinological IPA: /si̯uk̚²/, /suk̚²/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳk
- Sinological IPA (key): /søyʔ²⁴/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: dzyuwk
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*iwk/
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯwɢ/
Definitions
淑
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
淑
Readings
- Go-on: じゅく (juku)
- Kan-on: しゅく (shuku, Jōyō)
- Kun: しとやか (shitoyaka, 淑やか); よい (yoi, 淑い)
- Nanori: すく (suku); とし (toshi); よし (yoshi)
Korean
Hanja
淑 • (suk) (hangeul 숙, revised suk, McCune–Reischauer suk, Yale swuk)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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