脙

脙 U+8119, 脙 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8119 ← 脘 [U+8118] CJK Unified Ideographs 脚 → [U+811A]

Translingual

Han character

脙 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月戈十水 (BIJE), four-corner 7323₂, composition ⿰月求)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 982, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29500
• Dae Jaweon: page 1435, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2076, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8119

Chinese

simp. and trad.		脙

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
救	*kus
求	*ɡu
球	*ɡu
逑	*ɡu
賕	*ɡu
蛷	*ɡu
莍	*ɡu
殏	*ɡu
梂	*ɡu
俅	*ɡu
脙	*ɡu, *qʰu
絿	*ɡu
銶	*ɡu
毬	*ɡu
捄	*ɡu, *ko
觩	*ɡu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu, *qʰu) : semantic 肉 (“flesh; meat”) + phonetic 求 (OC *ɡu)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiū (xiu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiū
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siou
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹
    • Yale: syōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiou
    • Palladius: сю (sju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: xjuw, gjuw

Rime
Character	脙	脙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	許尤切	巨鳩切
Baxter	xjuw	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨu/	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/hiu/	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəu/	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huw/	/guw/
Li Rong	/xiu/	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/xĭəu/	/ɡĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xi̯ə̯u/	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau1	kau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/, /*qʰu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	脙	脙
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10569	10574
Phonetic component	求	求
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍	休
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/	/*qʰu/
Notes		讀若休

Definitions

脙

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