廋

廋	U+5ECB, 廋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5ECB

← 廊
[U+5ECA]

CJK Unified Ideographs

廌 →
[U+5ECC]

Translingual

Han character

廋 (Kangxi radical 53, 广+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 戈竹難水 (IHXE), four-corner 0024₇, composition ⿸广叟)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 349, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9438
Dae Jaweon: page 660, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 895, character 5
Unihan data for U+5ECB

Chinese

trad.		廋
simp. ^#		廋
alternative forms		廀𢊈

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
㮴	*suːw
艘	suːw, sɯːw
嫂	*suːwʔ
瞍	sɯːw, suːʔ
謏	slɯːwʔ, suːʔ, suːs, srɯwɢ
叜	*sluːʔ
叟	*suːʔ
傁	*suːʔ
廋	suːʔ, sru
醙	suʔ, sru
遚	*sʰrus
餿	*sru
搜	*sru
颼	*sru
溲	sru, sruʔ
鎪	*sru
獀	*sru
鄋	*sru
螋	sru, sro
騪	*sru
瘦	*srus

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sōu (sou¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sou
  - Wade–Giles: sou¹
  - Yale: sōu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sou
  - Palladius: соу (sou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau¹
  - Yale: sāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: srjuw

Rime
Character	廋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所鳩切
Baxter	srjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuw/
Li Rong	/ʃiu/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*suːʔ/, /*sru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	廋	廋
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	12074	12083
Phonetic component	叟	叟
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	叜	𢯱
Old Chinese	/*suːʔ/	/*sru/

Definitions

廋

(literary, archaic) to hide; to conceal oneself
- 人焉廋哉？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
  From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
  Rén yān sōu zāi? [Pinyin]
  How can a man conceal his character?
(obsolete) alternative form of 搜 (sōu, “to search”)
(obsolete, rare) cove; bay; inlet

Compounds

廋人
廋伏
廋辭 / 廋辞 (sōucí)

Japanese

Kanji

廋

(Hyōgai kanji)

conceal
hide
search for
seek

Readings

On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)、しゅ (shu)、そう (sō)、す (su)
Kun: かくす (kakusu)

Korean

Hanja

廋 (eum 수 (su))

conceal
hide
search for
seek

Vietnamese

Han character

廋: Hán Nôm readings: sưu

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References

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