淑

淑	U+6DD1, 淑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DD1

← 淐
[U+6DD0]

CJK Unified Ideographs

淒 →
[U+6DD2]

Translingual

Han character

淑 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜火水 (EYFE), four-corner 3714₀, composition ⿰氵叔)

Derived characters

蔋, 𫳺

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17634
Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 14
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1647, character 5
Unihan data for U+6DD1

Chinese

simp. and trad.		淑
alternative forms		𭂑俶 good; beautiful

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 淑
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
椒	*ʔsliw
茮	*ʔsliw
踧	l'ɯːwɢ, ʔslɯwɢ
蔋	*l'ɯːwɢ
惄	*nɯːwɢ
戚	*sʰlɯːwɢ
慼	*sʰlɯːwɢ
鏚	*sʰlɯːwɢ
慽	*sʰlɯːwɢ
磩	*sʰlɯːwɢ
寂	*zlɯːwɢ
嘁	*ʔsluːb
墄	*sʰlɯːɡ
摵	srɯːɡ, ʔslɯwɢ, *srɯwɢ
督	*ʔl'uːwɢ
錖	*ʔl'uːwɢ
裻	ʔl'uːwɢ, sluːwɢ
傶	*ʔslɯːwɢ
蹙	*ʔslɯwɢ
槭	*ʔslɯwɢ
縬	ʔslɯwɢ, ʔsrɯwɢ
顣	*ʔslɯwɢ
敊	*l̥ʰɯwɢ
琡	ʔljɯwɢ, l̥ʰjɯwɢ
俶	*l̥ʰjɯwɢ
埱	*l̥ʰjɯwɢ
淑	*ɦljɯwɢ
婌	*ɦljɯwɢ
尗	*hljɯwɢ
叔	*hljɯwɢ
掓	*hljɯwɢ
菽	*hljɯwɢ
鮛	*hljɯwɢ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɦljɯwɢ): semantic 氵 + phonetic 叔 (OC *hljɯwɢ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shū, shú

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ, ㄕㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): siuk / suk

(Meixian, Guangdong): sug⁵
Eastern Min (BUC): sé̤ṳk
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): siok

(Teochew, Peng'im): sog⁴
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zoq

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shu
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹
  - Yale: shū
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shú
  - Wade–Giles: shu²
  - Yale: shú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: suk⁶
  - Yale: suhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siuk / suk
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiug^ˋ / sug^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiug⁵ / sug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯uk̚²/, /suk̚²/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sug⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /sʊk̚¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /søyʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok
  - Tâi-lô: siok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚³²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sog⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sok
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sok̚²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zoq
  - MiniDict: zoh^入
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵zoq
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹²/

Middle Chinese: dzyuwk

Rime
Character	淑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	殊六切
Baxter	dzyuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʑiuk̚/
Wang Li	/ʑĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	suk⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]iwk/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯwɢ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shū
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyuwk ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]iwk/
English	fine, good
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.