酬

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See also: 酧 and 醻
酬 U+916C, 酬
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-916C
← 酫
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 酭 →

Translingual

Han character

酬 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 一田戈中中 (MWILL), four-corner 12600, composition ⿰酉州)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1282, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39850
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1782, character 22
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3582, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+916C

Chinese

trad. 酬
simp. # 酬
alternative forms 酧／酬
醻／酬
詶／酬
𨣊

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 酬
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (州) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
洲 *tju
州 *tju
喌 *tju, *tjuɡ
酬 *dju
詶 *dju, *djus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *dju) : semantic 酉 (“liquor vessel; liquor”) + phonetic 州 (OC *tju)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 酬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 市流切
Baxter dzyuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/d͡ʑɨu/
Pan
Wuyun 		/d͡ʑiu/
Shao
Rongfen 		/d͡ʑiəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/d͡ʑuw/
Li
Rong 		/ʑiu/
Wang
Li 		/ʑĭəu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʑi̯ə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		chóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		sau4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 酬
Reading # 1/1
No. 17495
Phonetic
component 		州
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		讎
Old
Chinese 		/*dju/

Definitions

酬

  1. (literary) to propose a toast; to toast
  2. to reward; to repay
  3. reward; payment; remuneration
  4. friendly exchange
  5. to realize; to fulfill

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

酬

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. repay
  2. reward

Readings

  • Go-on: じゅ (ju)
  • Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)
  • Kun: むくいる (mukuiru, 酬いる)、むくい (mukui, 酬い)

Korean

Hanja

酬 • (su) (hangeul 수)

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Vietnamese

Han character

酬: Hán Nôm readings: thù, thò

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