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丑

丑

丑 U+4E11, 丑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E11
← 丐
[U+4E10] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丒 →
[U+4E12]
See also: 醜

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

丑 (radical 1 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓土 (NG), four-corner 17105)

References

  • KangXi: page 77, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23
  • Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 12, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+4E11

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丑
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Oracle bone script

j30864

j30865

j30866

j30867

j30868

j30869

j30870

j30871

j30872

j30873
Bronze inscriptions

b21024

b21025

b21026

b21027

b21028

b21029

b21030

b21031

b21032

b21033

b21034

b21035

b21036

b21037

b21038
Large seal script

L35273

L35274

L35275

L35276

L18097

L18098

L18099

L18100

L18101
Small seal script

s11002
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (丑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
峱 *nuː
紐 *nuʔ
扭 *nuʔ, *tnuʔ
狃 *nuʔ, *nus
鈕 *nuʔ
忸 *nuʔ, *nuɡ
杻 *nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
莥 *nuʔ
羞 *snu
丑 *n̥ʰuʔ
沑 *njuʔ, *nuɡ
粈 *njuʔ
衄 *nuɡ, *njuɡ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 丑

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 丑
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 徹 (10)
Final (韻) 尤 (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 敕久切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʈʰɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈʰiuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ȶʰiəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈʰuwX/
Li
Rong		 /ȶʰiuX/
Wang
Li		 /ȶʰĭəuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ȶʰi̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 chǒu
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 丑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 chǒu
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ trhjuwX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[n̥]ruʔ/
English 2d earthly branch

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] 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 丑
Reading # 1/1
No. 1526
Phonetic
component		 丑
Rime
group		 幽
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 丑
Old
Chinese		 /*n̥ʰuʔ/

Definitions

丑

  1. second of twelve earthly branches (十二支): ox (牛) of Chinese zodiac
  2. clown; comedian

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 丑 – see 醜 (“ugly”).
(This character, 丑, is the simplified form of 醜.)
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

丑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM.
  2. The ox, the second sign of Chinese zodiac.

Readings

Korean

Hanja

丑 • ‎(chuk, chu)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 축, 추 (revised: chuk, chu, McCune-Reischauer: ch'uk, ch'u)
  • Name (hangeul): 소, 이름 (revised: so, ileum, McCune-Reischauer: so, irǔm)
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References

Vietnamese

Han character

丑 (sửu, giấu, sấu, xấu)

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References

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