庶子

Chinese

		ordinary	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
simp. and trad. (庶子)		庶	子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shùzǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ ㄗˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu³ zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shùzǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ ㄗˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shùzǐh
  - Wade–Giles: shu⁴-tzŭ³
  - Yale: shù-dž
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuhtzyy
  - Palladius: шуцзы (šuczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹ t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    庶子
    豎子 / 竖子
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu³ zi²
  - Yale: syu jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy³ dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu³ ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː³³ t͡siː³⁵/

Middle Chinese: syoH tsiX

Rime
Character	庶	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	精 (13)
Final (韻)	魚 (22)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	商署切	即里切
Baxter	syoH	tsiX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨʌ^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɔ^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiɔ^H/	/t͡sie^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕɨə̆^H/	/t͡sɨ^X/
Li Rong	/ɕiɔ^H/	/t͡siə^X/
Wang Li	/ɕĭo^H/	/t͡sĭə^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯wo^H/	/t͡si^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù	zǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu³	zi²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s-tak-s tsəʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljaɡs ʔslɯʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	庶	子
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù	zǐ
Middle Chinese	‹ syo^H ›	‹ tsi^X ›
Old Chinese	/*s-tak-s/	/*tsəʔ/
English	numerous; commoner	child; gentleman, master
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	庶	子
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11905	17857
Phonetic component	庶	子
Rime group	暮	之
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	恕	子
Old Chinese	/*hljaɡs/	/*ʔslɯʔ/
Notes	甲金文火上爲石，石亦聲，本炙初文

Noun

庶子

(chiefly historical) child of a concubine (inferior but not necessarily illegitimate in historical polygynous society)
illegitimate son; bastard son

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “child of a concubine”): 嫡子 (dízǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (庶子):

→ Japanese: 庶子(しょし) (shoshi)
→ Korean: 서자(庶子) (seoja)
→ Vietnamese: thứ tử (庶子)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
庶	子
しょ Grade: S	し Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

庶(しょ)子(し) • (shoshi)

child of a concubine
illegitimate child

Synonyms

婚外子(こんがいし) (kongaishi)
妾腹(しょうふく) (shōfuku)
非嫡出子(ひちゃくしゅつし) (hichakushutsushi)
脇腹(わきばら) (wakibara)

Korean

Hanja in this term
庶	子

Noun

庶子 • (seoja) (hangeul 서자)

hanja form^? of 서자 (“son of a concubine”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
庶	子

Noun

庶子

chữ Hán form of thứ tử