酥

酥

酥 U+9165, 酥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9165 ← 酤 [U+9164] CJK Unified Ideographs 酦 → [U+9166]

Translingual

Han character

酥 (radical 164, 酉+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹木 (MWHD), four-corner 1269₄, composition ⿰酉禾)

References

• KangXi: page 1282, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39835
• Dae Jaweon: page 1782, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3579, character 1
• Unihan data for U+9165

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		酥
variant forms		𦢦 ‡ 𨣺 ‡ 𨢭 ‡ 𦣑 ‡s

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sū (su¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou¹
• Min Nan (POJ): so͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: sū
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨ
    • Wade–Giles: su¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: su
    • IPA ^(key): /su⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou¹
    • Yale: sōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou¹
    • IPA ^(key): /sou̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘
    • Tâi-lô: soo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: /suo/▼

Rime
Character	酥
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	素姑切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suo/
Pan Wuyun	/suo/
Shao Rongfen	/so/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɔ/
Li Rong	/so/
Wang Li	/su/
Bernard Karlgren	/suo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sū

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*sŋaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	酥
Reading #	1/1
No.	12094
Phonetic component	酥
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	蘇
Old Chinese	/*sŋaː/
Notes	穌省聲

Definitions

酥

1. butter
2. crispy; flaky
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   alt. forms: 䜹 obsolete

Compounds

大辣酥 桃酥 (táosū) 油酥 (yóusū) 滴粉搓酥 滴酥 破酥包 粉頸酥胸／粉颈酥胸 蟾酥 辣酥酥

酥倒 酥油 (sūyóu) 酥燒／酥烧 酥簽／酥签 酥糖 酥胸 (sūxiōng) 酥軟／酥软 (sūruǎn) 酥酪

酥麻 酪酥 酴酥 鑽冰求酥／钻冰求酥 香酥 骨軟筋酥／骨软筋酥 麻酥酥 點酥／点酥

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Japanese

Kanji

酥

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. milk

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そ (so)
• Kun: ちちざけ (chichizake)

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Korean

Hanja

酥 • (so) (hangeul 소, revised so, McCune–Reischauer so, Yale so)

1. butter
2. flaky
3. crispy, light, fluffy

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Vietnamese

Han character

酥 (tô)

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