朽

朽

朽 U+673D, 朽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-673D ← 朼 [U+673C] CJK Unified Ideographs 朾 → [U+673E]

Translingual

Han character

朽 (radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 木一女尸 (DMVS), four-corner 4192₇, composition ⿰木丂)

References

• KangXi: page 510, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14439
• Dae Jaweon: page 894, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1153, character 4
• Unihan data for U+673D

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		朽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丂) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
丂	*kʰluːʔ
攷	*kʰluːʔ
考	*kʰluːʔ
烤	*kʰluːʔ
拷	*kʰluːʔ
栲	*kʰluːʔ
洘	*kʰluːʔ
銬	*kʰluːs
巧	*kʰruːʔ, *kʰruːs
朽	*qʰluʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǔ (xiu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau², nau², nau⁵
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): hiu¹
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hiú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hiun² / hiu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡˇ
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheou
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau², nau², nau⁵
    • Yale: yáu, náu, náuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau², nau², nau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo², neo², neo⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯³⁵/, /nɐu̯³⁵/, /nɐu̯¹³/

Note: nau2 - common variant.

• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hiu¹
    • IPA: /çiu⁴⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiú
    • Tâi-lô: hiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hiun² / hiu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiúⁿ / hiú
    • IPA ^(key): /hĩũ⁵²/, /hiu⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: /hɨu^X/▼

Rime
Character	朽
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許久切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/hiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huwX/
Li Rong	/xiuX/
Wang Li	/xĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǔ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)uʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰluʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	朽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ xjuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)uʔ/
English	rot, decay
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	朽
Reading #	1/1
No.	7412
Phonetic component	丂
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	朽
Old Chinese	/*qʰluʔ/

Definitions

朽

1. decayed, rotten
2. rot, decay

Compounds

三不朽 不朽 (bùxiǔ) 並垂不朽／并垂不朽 九朽一罷／九朽一罢 名傳不朽／名传不朽 名垂不朽 奔車朽索／奔车朽索 年朽 戶樞不朽／户枢不朽 拉朽 拉朽摧枯 摧枯拉朽 木朽不雕 朽壞／朽坏 朽壤 朽敗／朽败 朽木 (xiǔmù) 朽木不雕 朽木之才

朽木死灰 朽木糞土／朽木粪土 朽木糞牆／朽木粪墙 (xiǔmùfènqiáng) 朽木蟲／朽木虫 朽株枯木 朽棘不彫 朽爛／朽烂 朽蠹 朽邁／朽迈 枯木朽株 枯朽 枯莖朽骨／枯茎朽骨 根朽枝枯 樗朽之材 死且不朽 死而不朽 歿而不朽／殁而不朽 歿而無朽／殁而无朽

永傳不朽／永传不朽 永垂不朽 (yǒngchuíbùxiǔ) 永存不朽 沒而不朽／没而不朽 生枯起朽 粟紅貫朽／粟红贯朽 粟陳貫朽／粟陈贯朽 紅腐貫朽／红腐贯朽 老朽 (lǎoxiǔ) 老朽無用／老朽无用 腐朽 (fǔxiǔ) 薄田朽屋 衰朽 貫朽／贯朽 貫朽粟紅／贯朽粟红 貫朽粟腐／贯朽粟腐 貫朽粟陳／贯朽粟陈 鏤冰雕朽／镂冰雕朽

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Japanese

Kanji

朽

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: く (ku)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū, Jōyō)
• Kun: くちる (kuchiru, 朽ちる, Jōyō)

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Korean

Hanja

朽 (eum 후 (hu))

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Vietnamese

Han character

朽: Hán Nôm readings: hủ

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