Translingual

Han character

讐 (radical 149 言+16, 23 strokes, cangjie input 人土卜一口 (OGYMR), composition ⿱雔言)

1. enemy, rival, opponent

References

• KangXi: page 1187, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36125
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4031, character 3
• Unihan data for U+8B90

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. enemy
2. revenge, vengeance

Readings

• Goon: じゅ (ju), ず (zu)
• On (unclassified): しゅう (shū), (historical) しう (shiu)
• Kun: あだ (ada), むくいる (讐いる, mukuiru)

Etymology

/ata/ → /ada/

A sound shift in the Edo period from earlier form ata, itself from classical verb 当つ ‎(atsu), which became modern 当たる ‎(ataru, “to be against”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) あだ​ [àdáꜜ] (Odaka - [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠da̠]

Alternative forms

• 仇, (rare) 仇

Noun

讐 ‎(hiragana あだ, romaji ada)

1. an opponent, an enemy, a foe
2. harm, injury
3. terrible treatment (of someone or something)
4. hate towards someone, a grudge

Usage notes

The spelling 仇 is much more common.

Synonyms

• (enemy): 敵 ‎(kataki), 敵 ‎(teki)
• (harm): 危害 ‎(kigai)
• (hate): 怨み ‎(urami)
• (grudge): 怨恨 ‎(enkon), 遺恨 ‎(ikon)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

讐 • ‎(su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune-Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: cừu, thù

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