孰
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Translingual
Han character
孰 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜木大弓戈 (YDKNI), four-corner 05417, composition ⿰享丸)
Derived characters
- 𪦝, 塾, 𡙰, 𤍨, 熟, 𪜟, 䃞, 𨄡, 𨶝
See also
- 埶
References
- KangXi: page 280, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6995
- Dae Jaweon: page 549, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1016, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5B70
Chinese
| simp. and trad. | 孰 | |
|---|---|---|
| alternative forms | 𠅩 𩪿 𦏧 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 孰 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (孰) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 熟 | *djɯwɢ |
| 孰 | *djɯwɢ |
| 塾 | *djɯwɢ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 享 + 丮 of some sort; current form of right component simplified to 丸.
Etymology
From *du + *-k (“distributive suffix”); cognate with 誰 (OC *djul, “who”), 疇 (OC *du, “who”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
Definitions
孰
- Original form of 熟 (shú).
- emphatic or interrogative pronoun
- who; whoever; whomever
- 人非聖賢，孰能無過 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- rén fēi shèngxián, shú néng wú guò [Pinyin]
- People are not sages; who can be without error?
人非圣贤，孰能无过 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- what; what else; whatever
- 是可忍也，孰不可忍也？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Shì kě rěn yě, shú bùkě rěn yě? [Pinyin]
- If he can bear to do this, what may he not bear to do?
- which; which one (what among the explicitly or implicitly mentioned)
- 膾炙與羊棗孰美？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
- Kuàizhì yǔ yángzǎo shú měi? [Pinyin]
- Which is the best, minced meat and broiled meat, or sheep-dates?
脍炙与羊枣孰美？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 漢孰與我大？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Hàn shú yǔ wǒ dà? [Pinyin]
- Which one is the larger, Han or us?
汉孰与我大？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- who; whoever; whomever
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 誰 (“who; whom”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words edit |
|---|---|---|
| Classical Chinese | 誰1, 疇, 孰, 誰人, 何人, 何者, 阿誰 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 誰1 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 誰1 |
| Taiwan | 誰1 | |
| Ulanhot | 誰1 | |
| Tongliao | 誰1 | |
| Chifeng | 誰1, 誰們 plural | |
| Bayanhot | 誰1, 誰們 plural | |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 誰1 | |
| Harbin | 誰1 | |
| Shenyang | 誰1 | |
| Yantai (Muping) | 誰1 | |
| Qingdao | 誰1 | |
| Weifang (Weicheng) | 誰1 | |
| Weifang (Fangzi) | 誰1 | |
| Weifang (Hanting) | 誰1 | |
| Changyi | 誰1 | |
| Gaomi | 誰1 | |
| Zhucheng | 誰1 | |
| Anqiu | 誰1 | |
| Changle | 誰1 | |
| Linqu | 誰1 | |
| Qingzhou | 誰1 | |
| Shouguang | 誰1 | |
| Wulian | 誰1 | |
| Jinan | 誰1 | |
| Luoyang | 誰1 | |
| Wanrong | 哪𠰻 | |
| Wanrong (Ronghe) | 啥外 | |
| Zhengzhou | 誰1 | |
| Xi'an | 誰1 | |
| Yinchuan | 誰1 | |
| Lanzhou | 誰1, 誰個, 誰們 | |
| Xining | 阿個, 阿一個, 啥人 | |
| Ürümqi | 誰1, 誰一個, 誰們 | |
| Yanqi | 誰1 | |
| Wuhan | 哪個, 啥個 | |
| Huanggang | 哪個, 啥個 | |
| Chengdu | 哪個, 啥子人 | |
| Guiyang | 哪個 | |
| Kunming | 哪個 | |
| Guilin | 誰1, 哪個 | |
| Liuzhou | 哪個, 哪人 | |
| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 哪個 | |
| Xuzhou | 誰1, 哪個 | |
| Yangzhou | 哪個, 哪一個 | |
| Nanjing | 哪個 | |
| Hefei | 哪個, 哈個 | |
| Nantong | 哪個, 哪一個, 哪個人 | |
| Malaysia | 誰1 | |
| Singapore | 誰1 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 誰1 | |
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 誰1 | |
| Mae Salong (Lancang) | 哪個 | |
| Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 誰1 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 邊個, 乜誰, 乜人, 阿誰 |
| Hong Kong | 邊個, 乜誰, 阿誰 | |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 邊個, 哪誰 | |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 阿誰 | |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 哪誰 | |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 哪誰人 | |
| Macau | 邊個 | |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) | 邊個 | |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 乜誰 | |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) | 乜誰 | |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 乜誰 | |
| Foshan | 邊個 | |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 邊個 | |
| Foshan (Shunde) | 邊個 | |
| Foshan (Sanshui) | 邊個 | |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 邊個 | |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 邊個 | |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 邊個 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 邊個, 乜誰 | |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) | 阿誰 | |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) | 邊個 | |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 誰, 邊個 | |
| Taishan | 阿誰 | |
| Kaiping (Chikan) | 乜誰, 阿誰, 乜人 | |
| Enping (Niujiang) | 哥誰 | |
| Heshan (Yayao) | 唔個 | |
| Dongguan | 鼠個, 乜誰 | |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 乜誰 | |
| Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 哪人 | |
| Qingyuan | 邊個 | |
| Fogang | 邊個 | |
| Yingde (Hanguang) | 邊個 | |
| Shaoguan | 邊個 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 邊個 | |
| Renhua | 邊個 | |
| Lechang | 邊個 | |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 乜誰 | |
| Sihui | 邊個 | |
| Guangning | 邊個 | |
| Deqing | 邊個 | |
| Yunfu | 邊個 | |
| Xinxing | 不個 | |
| Luoding | 邊個 | |
| Yangjiang | 乜誰 | |
| Xinyi | 乜人, 乜誰 | |
| Lianjiang | 乜人 | |
| Nanning | 邊個 | |
| Wuzhou | 邊個 | |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) | 乜人 | |
| Baise | 邊個 | |
| Qinzhou | 乜人, 邊人, 邊個 | |
| Beihai | 乜人 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 乜人 | |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 邊個, 乜人 | |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 乜人 | |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 邊個 | |
| Singapore (Guangfu) | 邊個 | |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 邊個 | |
| Móng Cái | 乜人 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 哪個 |
| Lichuan | 哪個 | |
| Pingxiang | 哪仔, 哪個仔 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 麼人, 哪儕 |
| Xingning | 哪隻 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 哪誰, 哪隻 | |
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) | 哪誰 | |
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) | 哪誰 | |
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 哪誰 | |
| Huidong (Daling) | 哪隻, 哪人 | |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) | 哪人, 麼個人 | |
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) | 哪誰 | |
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) | 哪誰 | |
| Boluo (Bendihua) | 哪誰 | |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 哪下 | |
| Zengcheng (Zhengguo) | 哪下, 哪下人 | |
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 哪下 | |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 哪人 | |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 哪儕 | |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) | 哪儕, 麼人 | |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) | 麼人, 哪儕 | |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) | 哪誰 | |
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) | 哪誰 | |
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) | 哪隻 | |
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) | 哪隻 | |
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) | 哪隻 | |
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) | 哪咧 | |
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) | 哪個 | |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 哪個 | |
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) | 哪 | |
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) | 哪人, 哪個 | |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 哪儕 | |
| Liannan | 哪人 | |
| Conghua (Lütian) | 哪人 | |
| Jiexi | 哪儕 | |
| Changting | 哪個, 哪個哩 | |
| Wuping | 哪個, 麼人 | |
| Wuping (Pingyu) | 麼人 | |
| Liancheng | 哪個, 麼人 | |
| Ninghua | 台人 | |
| Ruijin | 哪人, 哪個 | |
| Shicheng | 斯里 | |
| Shangyou (Shexi) | 哪人, 哪個人 | |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 | |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 麼人, 麼儕 | |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 | |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 | |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕 | |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 麼儕, 哪儕 | |
| Hong Kong | 哪人 | |
| Luchuan | 麼人 | |
| Luchuan (Daqiao) | 麼人 | |
| Sabah (Longchuan) | 哪人 | |
| Senai (Huiyang) | 麼人 | |
| Singkawang | 麼儕 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 哪個 |
| Shexian | 哪個 | |
| Tunxi | 哪個 | |
| Xiuning | 哪個 | |
| Yixian | 哪個 | |
| Qimen | 何望 | |
| Wuyuan | 何一個, 唆羅 | |
| Fuliang | 誰個 | |
| Dexing | 麼人 | |
| Jingde | 哪個 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 誰1, 誰們 usually plural |
| Pingyao | 誰1, 誰家 plural, 誰家們家 plural, 誰們 plural | |
| Xinzhou | 誰1, 誰們 usually plural | |
| Taibus (Baochang) | 誰1, 誰們 plural | |
| Linhe | 誰1, 誰們 plural | |
| Jining | 誰1, 誰們 plural | |
| Hohhot | 誰1, 誰們 plural | |
| Baotou | 誰1, 誰們 plural | |
| Dongsheng | 誰1, 誰們 plural | |
| Haibowan | 誰1, 誰們 plural | |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 孰人, 孰麼人 |
| Songxi | 哪人 | |
| Zhenghe | 孰麼人 | |
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 哪隻, 若隻 | |
| Jianyang | 孰人 | |
| Wuyishan | 什麼人 | |
| Pucheng (Shibei) | 孰人, 孰麼人 | |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 底儂 |
| Changle | 底儂 | |
| Fuqing | 底儂, 什乇儂 | |
| Pingtan | 底儂 | |
| Yongtai | 底儂 | |
| Gutian | 底儂 | |
| Fu'an | 底儂 | |
| Ningde | 底儂, 儂 | |
| Shouning | 呢乇儂, 哪個 | |
| Zhouning | 底儂 | |
| Fuding | 乇儂 | |
| Matsu | 底儂 | |
| Singapore (Fuqing) | 底儂 | |
| Min Nan | Xiamen | 誰2, 誰3, 誰4, 是誰, 啥儂, 啥物儂, 什物儂, 底儂 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) | 啥儂, 誰2 | |
| Quanzhou | 誰2, 誰4, 是誰, 啥儂 | |
| Jinjiang | 啥儂, 誰2 | |
| Nan'an | 啥儂, 誰2 | |
| Shishi | 啥儂, 誰2 | |
| Hui'an | 啥儂, 誰2 | |
| Anxi | 啥儂, 誰2 | |
| Yongchun | 底儂, 誰3 | |
| Dehua | 底儂, 誰3 | |
| Zhangzhou | 誰5, 是誰, 啥儂, 哪儂, 什物儂, 佗一股, 佗一個, 佗一 | |
| Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 誰5 | |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 誰5 | |
| Hua'an | 底股 | |
| Nanjing | 誰5 | |
| Pinghe | 誰5 | |
| Zhangpu | 誰5 | |
| Yunxiao | 誰5 | |
| Zhao'an | 什物儂 | |
| Dongshan | 是誰, 底儂 | |
| Taipei | 啥物儂 | |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) | 啥儂 | |
| Kaohsiung | 啥物儂 | |
| Yilan | 啥儂, 誰2 | |
| Changhua (Lukang) | 啥物儂, 誰2 | |
| Taichung | 誰5, 啥儂 | |
| Tainan | 啥物儂 | |
| Hsinchu | 誰2, 啥物儂 | |
| Kinmen | 誰3, 啥儂, 誰2 | |
| Penghu (Magong) | 誰3 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 誰誰, 誰誰儂, 是誰 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 啥儂, 誰2, 啥物儂, 是誰, 誰3 | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 誰仔, 啥儂 | |
| Longyan | 底儂, 誰2 | |
| Zhangping | 底儂, 誰2 | |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) | 誰1 | |
| Datian | 什儂, 底儂 | |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) | 乜儂 | |
| Guilin (Biyange) | 乜儂 | |
| Chaozhou | 底𫢗, 𫢗 | |
| Shantou | 底𫢗, 底儂 | |
| Shantou (Chenghai) | 底𫢗 | |
| Jieyang | 底𫢗 | |
| Haifeng | 𫢗, 底𫢗 | |
| Bangkok (Teochew) | 底𫢗 | |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 底𫢗 | |
| Singapore (Teochew) | 底𫢗 | |
| Pontianak (Teochew) | 底𫢗 | |
| Leizhou | 誰3, 誰儂 | |
| Wenchang | 誰3 | |
| Haikou | 誰3 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 什儂 |
| Xianyou | 什儂 | |
| Min Zhong | Yong'an | 誰儕, 何隻 |
| Sanyuan | 何隻 | |
| Shaxian | 啥人 | |
| Yanping (Wangtai) | 誰人 | |
| Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 底儂 |
| Sanxiang | 底儂 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 哪個 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 哪個 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 什人 |
| Sanming | 哪個 | |
| Shunchang | 什人 | |
| Guixi (Zhangping) | 什個人 | |
| Jingning | 哪個 | |
| Lishui | 哪個 | |
| Longyou | 哪個 | |
| Chaozhou | 哪個 | |
| Fengshun | 麼人 | |
| Waxiang | Luxi (Lijiatian) | 何條 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 啥人 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 何人 | |
| Suzhou | 啥人 | |
| Wuxi | 啥人 | |
| Danyang | 哪個, 點高人 | |
| Hangzhou | 哪個 | |
| Ningbo | 啥人, 誰儂 dated | |
| Wenzhou | 何乜人, 乜人, 誰人, 何人 | |
| Jinhua | 哪個 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 哪個, 何至個 suburbs |
| Xiangtan | 哪個, 哪 | |
| Loudi | 哪個, 誰個 | |
| Shuangfeng | 哪個 | |
| Quanzhou | 哪個 | |
Compounds
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References
- (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) →ISBN.
Japanese
Kanji
孰
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- which, how, who
Readings
- On (unclassified): じゅく (juku)
- Kun: たれ (tare); いずれ (izure)
Korean
Hanja
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Vietnamese
Han character
孰: Hán Nôm readings: thục
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