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Translingual
Han character
酋 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿金田一 (TCWM), four-corner 80601, composition ⿱丷酉 or ⿱八酉)
Derived characters
- 尊, 奠, 蠤, 猶, 猷, 偤, 崷, 揂, 楢, 煪, 遒, 緧, 蝤, 趥, 輶, 媨, 湭, 禉, 鰌, 鞧, 㥢, 㻥, 䠓, 𥂝, 𨩊, 㷕
Usage notes
- There is regional variation in the first two strokes of the character:
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1280, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39765
- Dae Jaweon: page 1779, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3572, character 4
- Unihan data for U+914B
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 楢
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*kʰjuʔ, *lu
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| 逎
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*ʔslu
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| 遒
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*sklu, *sɡlu
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| 蝤
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*sklu, *sɡlu
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| 揂
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*sklu
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| 酒
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*ʔsluʔ
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| 媨
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*sklus
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| 鞧
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*skʰlu
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| 緧
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*skʰlu
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| 趥
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*skʰlu, *skʰluŋs
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| 酋
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*sɡlu
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| 崷
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*sɡlu
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| 鰌
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*sɡlu
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| 煪
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*sɡlu
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| 醜
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*l̥ʰjuʔ
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| 猶
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*klus, *lu, *lus
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| 猷
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*lu
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| 輶
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*lu, *luʔ, *lus
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| 偤
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*lu
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| 莤
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*lu, *sruɡ
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| 蕕
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*lu
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| 庮
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*lu, *luʔ
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| 槱
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*luʔ, *lus
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| 梄
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*luʔ
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| 丣
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*luʔ
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| 酉
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*luʔ
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Pictogram (象形) : Some exposed liquid (八) above an alcohol vessel (酉). See also 酒.
Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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酋
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ dzjuw ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m-tsu/
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| English
|
wine-master
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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酋
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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15559
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Phonetic
component
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酉
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Rime
group
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幽
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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酋
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Old
Chinese
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/*sɡlu/
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| Notes
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酉轉註字
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Definitions
酋
- chief of a tribe, chieftain
- † superintendent of the preparation of liquors
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
酋
(Hyōgai kanji)
- chief, leader
Readings
Derived terms
Korean
Hanja
酋 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune–Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
酋: Hán Nôm readings: tù
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