姝

姝	U+59DD, 姝 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DD

← 姜
[U+59DC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

姞 →
[U+59DE]

Translingual

Han character

姝 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹十木 (VHJD), four-corner 4549₀, composition ⿰女朱)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 21
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6206
Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 22
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 11
Unihan data for U+59DD

Chinese

trad.		姝
simp. ^#		姝

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
咮	tu, tus, tos, tjo
株	*to
誅	*to
邾	*to
鼄	*to
跦	*to
袾	to, tʰjo
鴸	to, tjo
蛛	*to
殊	to, djo
趎	*do
珠	*tjo
朱	*tjo
侏	*tjo
絑	*tjo
祩	tjo, tjos
鮢	*tjo
硃	*tjo
姝	*tʰjo
銖	*djo
茱	*djo
洙	*djo
陎	*djo

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tʰjo): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shū (shu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyu¹ / syu¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): zi¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chû

(Meixian, Guangdong): zu¹
Eastern Min (BUC): tṳ̆
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): su

(Teochew, Peng'im): du¹ / su⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshy

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shu
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹
  - Yale: shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zyu¹ / syu¹
  - Yale: jyū / syū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹ / sy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju¹ / xu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵/, /syː⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: zi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁴⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tṳ̆
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰy⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
  - Tâi-lô: su
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sw
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: du¹ / su⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tu / sû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³³/, /su⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshy
  - MiniDict: tshy^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/

Middle Chinese: tsyhu

Rime
Character	姝
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌朱切
Baxter	tsyhu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰio/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cyu¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*tʰjo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	姝
Reading #	1/1
No.	17578
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	樞
Old Chinese	/*tʰjo/

Definitions

姝

(literary, usually of a woman) beautiful; pretty
- 靜女其姝，俟我於城隅。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
  静女其姝，俟我于城隅。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Jìngnǚ qí shū, sì wǒ yú chéngyú. [Pinyin]
  How lovely is the retiring girl!
  She was to await me at a corner of the wall.
(literary) beauty; beautiful woman

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

姝

(Hyōgai kanji)

beautiful girl

Readings

On (unclassified): す (su)、しゅ (shu)
Kun: うつくしい (utsukushī)

Korean

Hanja

姝 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)

a beautiful girl