儵

儵	U+5135, 儵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5135

← 儴
[U+5134]

CJK Unified Ideographs

儶 →
[U+5136]

Translingual

Han character

儵 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+17, 19 strokes, cangjie input 人中人火 (OLOF), four-corner 2723₁, composition ⿲亻丨⿱夂黑(G) or ⿲亻丨⿱攵黑(HTJK))

References

KangXi: page 121, character 29

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1299

Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 16

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 236, character 12

Unihan data for U+5135

Chinese

Etymology 1

trad.		儵
simp.		倏

Historical forms of the character 儵

**Small seal script**
s07432

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 (Liushutong characters) and
Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series (攸) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
絛	*l̥ʰɯːw
窱	ʔl'ɯːwʔ, l̥ʰɯːws
蓧	l̥ʰɯːw, l'ɯːwɢ
條	*l'ɯːw
鋚	*l'ɯːw
鞗	*l'ɯːw
樤	*l'ɯːw
鰷	*l'ɯːw
莜	*l'ɯːws
翛	slɯːw, hljɯwɢ
筱	*slɯːwʔ
篠	*slɯːwʔ
修	*slɯw
脩	*slɯw
樇	*slɯw
滫	*slɯwʔ
悠	*lɯw
攸	*lɯw
浟	*lɯw
蓨	*l̥ʰɯːwɢ
滌	*l'ɯːwɢ
儵	*hljɯwɢ
倐	*hljɯwɢ
倏	*hljɯwɢ
虪	*hljɯwɢ

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shū (shu¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shu
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹
  - Yale: shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹
  - Yale: sūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ɕɨuk̚/

Rime
Character	儵
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	東 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式竹切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ɕiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ɕĭuk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hljɯwɢ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儵
Reading #	1/1
No.	15485
Phonetic component	攸
Rime group	覺
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	叔
Old Chinese	/*hljɯwɢ/

Definitions

儵

^‡ blue-black silk fabrics becoming white
^† black
Alternative form of 倏 (shū, “rapid; swift”).
Name of the god of the South Sea.
- 南海之帝為儵，北海之帝為忽，中央之帝為渾沌。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  南海之帝为倏，北海之帝为忽，中央之帝为浑沌。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE
  Nánhǎi zhī dì wéi Shū, běihǎi zhī dì wéi Hū, zhōngyāng zhī dì wéi Húndùn. [Pinyin]
  The Ruler of the Southern Ocean was Shu, the Ruler of the Northern Ocean was Hu, and the Ruler of the Centre was Chaos.
^† flash

Compounds

儵儵／倏倏

儵怳／倏怳

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 儵 – see 鯈. (This character, 儵, is a variant form of 鯈.)

Japanese

Kanji

儵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)

Kun: はやい (hayai)

Korean

Hanja

儵 (eum 숙 (suk))

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