儔

See also: 俦

儔	U+5114, 儔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5114

← 儓
[U+5113]

CJK Unified Ideographs

儕 →
[U+5115]

Translingual

Han character

儔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+14, 16 strokes, cangjie input 人土弓戈 (OGNI), four-corner 2424₁, composition ⿰亻壽)

Derived characters

𫬦

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 119, character 34
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1224
Dae Jaweon: page 253, character 11
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 229, character 7
Unihan data for U+5114

Chinese

trad.		儔
simp.		俦
alternative forms		𡕑𠍻

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儔
Small seal script s05835 Transcribed ancient scripts L33588 L33589 L11859 L11860 L11861 L11862
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 (壽) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
禱	tuːʔ, tuːs
擣	*tuːʔ
檮	tuːʔ, duː, *du
壔	*tuːʔ
懤	tuːʔ, du, *dus
濤	duː, duː
燾	duː, duːs
翿	duː, duːs
幬	duːs, du
儔	duːs, du
譸	*tu
籌	*du
疇	*du
躊	*du
燽	*du
薵	*du
魗	tʰjuʔ, dju
醻	*dju
壽	djuʔ, djus
璹	djuʔ, djuɡ
鑄	*tjos

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chóu (chou²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chóu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻou²
  - Yale: chóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chour
  - Palladius: чоу (čou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cau⁴
  - Yale: chàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiû
  - Tâi-lô: tiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diuu
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu²³/

Middle Chinese: drjuw

Rime
Character	儔
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直由切
Baxter	drjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuw/
Li Rong	/ȡiu/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*du/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儔
Reading #	2/2
No.	11699
Phonetic component	壽
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*du/

Definitions

儔

companion, mate, colleague
people of the same kind
to match; to be on par with
who

Compounds

倫儔 / 伦俦
儔儷 / 俦俪 (chóulì)
匹儔 / 匹俦
命儔嘯侶 / 命俦啸侣
朋儔 / 朋俦
燕侶鶯儔 / 燕侣莺俦
燕儔鶯侶 / 燕俦莺侣
良儔 / 良俦
芳儔 / 芳俦
鴛儔鳳侶 / 鸳俦凤侣
鶯儔燕侶 / 莺俦燕侣
鸞儔鳳侶 / 鸾俦凤侣

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dào (dao⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dào
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴
  - Yale: dàu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daw
  - Palladius: дао (dao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: dawH

Rime
Character	儔
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒到切
Baxter	dawH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daw^H/
Li Rong	/dɑu^H/
Wang Li	/dɑu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱɑu^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dou⁶

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*duːs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	儔
Reading #	1/2
No.	11690
Phonetic component	壽
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	導
Old Chinese	/*duːs/

Definitions

儔

(historical dictionaries only) Alternative term for 華蓋／华盖 (huágài).
(historical dictionaries only) hide; conceal

Japanese

Shinjitai	俦
Kyūjitai	儔

Kanji

儔

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 俦)

companion, mate, colleague

Readings

Go-on: じゅ (ju)^{←ぢう (diu, historical)}
Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちう (tiu, historical)}
Kun: ともがら (tomogara, 儔)
Nanori: とも (tomo)、ひとし (hitoshi)

Korean

Hanja

儔 (eum 주 (ju))

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Vietnamese

Han character

儔: Hán Nôm readings: trù

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