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Translingual
Han character
鬚 (Kangxi radical 190, 髟+12, 22 strokes, cangjie input 尸竹竹竹金 (SHHHC), four-corner 72286, composition ⿱髟須)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1456, character 38
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 45580
- Dae Jaweon: page 1988, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4535, character 11
- Unihan data for U+9B1A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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盨
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*sraʔ
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須
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*so
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鬚
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*so
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嬃
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*so
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蕦
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*so
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Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *so) : semantic 髟 (“hair”) + phonetic 須 (OC *so, “beard”).
Originally written 須, see there for more.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nwat ~ *s-nut (“mouth”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Note:
- chhiu - vernacular;
- su/si - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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鬚
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xū
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Middle Chinese
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‹ sju ›
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Old Chinese
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/*C-o/
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English
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beard
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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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鬚
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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13956
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Phonetic component
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須
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Rime group
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侯
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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須
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Old Chinese
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/*so/
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Notes
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須轉註俗字
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Definitions
鬚
- beard; whisker (Classifier: 條/条 c)
- 剃鬚/剃须 [Cantonese] ― tai3 sou1 ― to shave one's beard
- 虎鬚/虎须 ― hǔxū ― tiger's whiskers
- antenna; feeler
- whisker-like
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
鬍子 (“beard”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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鬍鬚, 鬍子
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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鬍子
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Taiwan
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鬍子, 鬍鬚
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Harbin
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鬍子
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Singapore
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鬍鬚
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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鬍子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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鬍子
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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鬍子
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Wanrong
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鬍子
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Xi'an
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鬍子
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Xining
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鬍子
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Xuzhou
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鬍子
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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鬍子
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Ürümqi
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鬍子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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鬍子, 鬍鬍兒
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Wuhan
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鬍子
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Guiyang
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鬍子
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Guilin
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鬍子
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Liuzhou
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鬍子, 鬍鬚
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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鬍子
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Yangzhou
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鬍子
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Hefei
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鬍子
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Mandarin
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Nanping (Yanping)
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鬍子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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鬍鬚, 鬚
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Hong Kong
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鬍鬚, 鬚
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Taishan
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鬚
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Dongguan
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鬍, 鬍鬚
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Yangjiang
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鬚
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Gan
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Nanchang
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鬍子, 鬍鬚
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Lichuan
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鬍子
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Pingxiang
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鬍子
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Hakka
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Meixian
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鬍鬚, 鬚菇
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Yudu
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鬍子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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鬚菇, 嘴鬚
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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鬚菇, 嘴鬚
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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鬚菇, 嘴鬚
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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鬍鬚, 嘴鬚
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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鬚菇, 嘴鬚
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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嘴鬚
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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鬍子
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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鬍子, 鬍才, 鬍茬茬
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Xinzhou
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鬍子, 鬍腮
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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鬍鬚
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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喙鬚
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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喙鬚
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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喙鬚
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Quanzhou
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喙鬚
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Jinjiang
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喙鬚
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Yongchun
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喙鬚
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Zhangzhou
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喙鬚
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Taipei
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喙鬚
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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喙鬚
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Kaohsiung
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喙鬚
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Yilan
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喙鬚
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Changhua (Lukang)
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喙鬚
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Taichung
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喙鬚
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Tainan
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喙鬚
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Hsinchu
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喙鬚
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Kinmen
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喙鬚
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Penghu (Magong)
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喙鬚
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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喙鬚
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Manila (Hokkien)
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喙鬚
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Chaozhou
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鬚
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Shantou
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鬚
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Jieyang
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鬚
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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鬍子, 鬍鬚
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Waxiang
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Guzhang (Gaofeng)
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鬍
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Wu
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Shanghai
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牙鬚, 鬍子, 鬍鬚
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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鬍子
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Suzhou
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鬍鬚, 鬍子
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Danyang
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鬍子
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Ningbo
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牙鬚
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Wenzhou
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鬍鬚, 下巴鬚
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Jinhua
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鬍, 鬍鬚
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Xiang
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Changsha
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鬍子, 鬍鬚
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Loudi
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鬍子
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Shuangfeng
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鬍子
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Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
鬚
(Hyōgai kanji)
- beard
Readings
Etymology
For pronunciation and definitions of 鬚 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 鬚, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 鬚 (MC sju). Recorded as Middle Korean 슈 (syu) (Yale: syu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
鬚 (eumhun 수염 수 (suyeom su))
- hanja form? of 수 (“beard”)
Compounds
Compounds
- 수염(鬚髥) (suyeom, “beard, whiskers, moustache”)
- 용수철(龍鬚鐵) (yongsucheol, “spring”)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
鬚: Hán Nôm readings: tu, tua
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