豎

See also: 竖 and 竪

豎	U+8C4E, 豎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C4E

← 豍
[U+8C4D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

豏 →
[U+8C4F]

Translingual

Han character

豎 (Kangxi radical 151, 豆+8, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸水一口廿 (SEMRT), four-corner 7710₈, composition ⿱臤豆)

Derived characters

𠐊, 𧞫

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1192, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36280
Dae Jaweon: page 1655, character 15
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3567, character 14
Unihan data for U+8C4E

Chinese

trad.		豎/竪
simp.		竖
alternative forms		𠐊／𫝋㒘䜿䝂𥪛

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
侸	*toː
剅	toː, roː
郖	toː, doːs
鬪	*toːs
鋀	*tʰoː
頭	*doː
豆	*doːs
逗	doːs, dos
痘	*doːs
梪	*doːs
脰	*doːs
荳	*doːs
浢	*doːs
餖	*doːs
毭	*doːs
豎	*djoʔ
裋	*djoʔ
短	*toːnʔ

Possibly phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djoʔ): semantic 臤 + phonetic 豆 (OC *doːs).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁶
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): su

(Hailu, HRS): shu^˖
Jin (Wiktionary): su³
Eastern Min (BUC): sê̤ṳ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sy⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sū

(Teochew, Peng'im): su⁶
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zy / ⁶zyu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shù
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shù
  - Wade–Giles: shu⁴
  - Yale: shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
  - Palladius: шу (šu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: syu⁶
  - Yale: syuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su
  - Hakka Romanization System: su
  - Hagfa Pinyim: su⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /su⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shu^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃu³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: su³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /su⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sê̤ṳ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /søy²⁴²/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy⁵
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: sy⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬy²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū
  - Tâi-lô: sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: su
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: su⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sŭ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zy
  - MiniDict: zy^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zyu
  - MiniDict: zyu^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /zz̩ʷ²³¹/

Middle Chinese: dzyuX

Rime
Character	豎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	臣庾切
Baxter	dzyuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑɨo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑio^X/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑio^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑuə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ʑio^X/
Wang Li	/ʑĭu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	syu⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]oʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*djoʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	豎
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyu^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]oʔ/
English	palace attendant; young man
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	豎
Reading #	1/1
No.	2478
Phonetic component	豆
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*djoʔ/

Definitions

豎

to erect; to make vertical
豎起你們的耳朵。 [MSC, trad.]
竖起你们的耳朵。 [MSC, simp.]
Shùqǐ nǐmen de ěrduo. [Pinyin]
Perk up your ears.
vertical
upright; perpendicular to the ground
(Chinese calligraphy) a vertical stroke (㇑)
(historical) attendant; boy servant
a surname, Shu

Synonyms

(vertical):

Dialectal synonyms of 豎 (“vertical; upright”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豎
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	豎
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	豎
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	豎, 順, 立
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	豎, 立
	Wuhan	豎, 直
	Guiyang	豎, 直
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	豎
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	豎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	掂, 戙
	Hong Kong	直, 掂, 戙
	Yangjiang	掂, 直
Gan	Nanchang	敦, 直
Hakka	Meixian	直
Jin	Taiyuan	豎
Northern Min	Jian'ou	直
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	直, 徛
Southern Min	Xiamen	徛
Southern Min	Chaozhou	徛, 直
Wu	Suzhou	直, 豎
Wu	Wenzhou	豎
Xiang	Changsha	敦, 直
Xiang	Shuangfeng	敦, 直

(vertical stroke):

Dialectal synonyms of 豎 (“a vertical stroke (㇑)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		豎
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	豎
	Taiwan	豎
	Chengde	豎兒
	Chifeng	豎
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	豎
	Heihe	豎兒, 直
	Qiqihar	豎兒
	Harbin	豎兒
	Jiamusi	豎兒
	Baicheng	豎
	Changchun	豎兒
	Tonghua	豎兒
	Shenyang	豎
	Jinzhou	豎兒, 豎, 直
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	豎兒
	Tangshan	豎, 直
	Cangzhou	豎
	Baoding	豎兒
	Shijiazhuang	豎
	Lijin	豎
	Jinan	豎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	豎兒
	Dandong	豎
	Yantai	豎兒
	Qingdao	豎兒
	Zhucheng	豎
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	豎
	Jining	豎
	Linfen	豎
	Shangqiu	豎
	Yuanyang	直道兒
	Zhengzhou	豎
	Xinyang	豎, 直
	Baihe	豎, 直
	Xi'an	豎, 直
	Baoji	豎
	Tianshui	豎
	Xining	豎, 直
	Xuzhou	豎兒
	Fuyang	豎, 直
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	豎, 直
	Lanzhou	豎, 直
	Dunhuang	豎
	Hami	豎
	Ürümqi	豎, 直
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	豎, 直
	Dazhou	豎
	Hanyuan	豎
	Xichang	豎
	Zigong	豎
	Chongqing	筆
	Wuhan	豎, 直
	Yichang	豎, 直
	Xiangyang	豎, 直
	Tianmen	豎, 直
	Guiyang	豎, 直
	Zunyi	豎
	Bijie	豎
	Liping	豎
	Zhaotong	直
	Dali	直
	Kunming	豎, 直
	Mengzi	豎
	Guilin	直
	Liuzhou	豎, 直
	Jishou	豎
	Changde	直
	Hanzhong	豎, 直
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	豎, 直
	Yangzhou	豎, 直
	Lianyungang	豎
	Lianshui	豎
	Nantong	豎, 直
	Anqing	直
	Wuhu	豎, 直
	Hefei	豎, 直
	Hong'an	豎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	戙
Cantonese	Hong Kong	戙
Gan	Lichuan	直
Gan	Pingxiang	直
Hakka	Yudu	直
Huizhou	Shexian	豎
Jin	Taiyuan	豎
	Yangyuan	豎
	Datong	豎
	Xinzhou	豎
	Lüliang (Lishi)	豎
	Changzhi	豎
	Linhe	豎
	Jining	豎, 直
	Hohhot	豎
	Erenhot	豎
	Pingshan	豎
	Zhangjiakou	豎
	Handan	豎, 直
	Linzhou	豎
	Suide	豎, 直
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	直
Eastern Min	Fuqing	直, 豎
Southern Min	Xiamen	徛
Southern Min	Zhangzhou	徛
Wu	Ningbo	直
Xiang	Loudi	直

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “vertical”): 橫／横 (héng)

Coordinate terms

(basic character strokes) 點 / 点 (diǎn), 橫 / 横, 豎 / 竖 (shù), 提, 捺 (nà), 撇, 折, 鉤 / 钩 (gōu), 彎 / 弯 (wān), 斜

Compounds

七橫八豎 / 七横八竖
二豎 / 二竖
二豎為虐 / 二竖为虐
倒橫直豎 / 倒横直竖
倒豎 / 倒竖 (dàoshù)
倒豎虎鬚 / 倒竖虎须 (dàoshùhǔxū)
凶豎
剔豎 / 剔竖
埋杆豎柱
奄豎 / 奄竖
宦豎 / 宦竖 (huànshù)
寒毛直豎 / 寒毛直竖
小豎 / 小竖
掄眉豎目 / 抡眉竖目
撅豎小人 / 撅竖小人
柳眉倒豎 / 柳眉倒竖
柳眉剔豎 / 柳眉剔竖
柳眉踢豎 / 柳眉踢竖
森豎 / 森竖
橫七豎八 / 横七竖八 (héngqīshùbā)
橫三豎四 / 横三竖四
橫攔豎擋 / 横拦竖挡
橫眉豎目 / 横眉竖目
橫說豎說 / 横说竖说
橫豎 / 横竖 (héngshù)
橛豎 / 橛竖
橫躺豎臥 / 横躺竖卧
毛髮倒豎 / 毛发倒竖
毛髮俱豎 / 毛发俱竖
毛髮森豎 / 毛发森竖
毛髮皆豎 / 毛发皆竖
牧豎 / 牧竖
直豎 / 直竖
立言豎辭 / 立言竖辞
蕘豎 / 荛竖
豎人毛髮 / 竖人毛发
豎儒 / 竖儒 (shùrú)
豎刁 / 竖刁
豎子 / 竖子 (shùzǐ)
豎宦 / 竖宦
豎心旁 / 竖心旁 (shùxīnpáng)
豎折 / 竖折 (shùzhé)
豎折彎鉤 / 竖折弯钩 (shùzhéwāngōu)
豎柱上梁
豎毛 / 竖毛
豎毛筋 / 竖毛筋
豎燈篙 / 竖灯篙
豎琴 / 竖琴 (shùqín)
豎白旗 / 竖白旗
豎眼 / 竖眼
豎立 / 竖立 (shùlì)
豎笛 / 竖笛 (shùdí)
豎蜻蜓 / 竖蜻蜓
豎褐 / 竖褐
豎起脊梁
賈豎 / 贾竖
賈豎子 / 贾竖子
起偃為豎 / 起偃为竖
踢豎 / 踢竖
逆豎 / 逆竖 (nìshù)
閹豎 / 阉竖 (yānshù)
雙眉直豎 / 双眉直竖

Japanese

Kanji

豎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: じゅ (ju)
Kan-on: しゅ (shu)
Kun: たつ (tatsu)、こびと (kobito)、たて (tate)、たてる (tateru, 豎てる)、こども (kodomo)

Compounds

二(に)豎(じゅ) (niju)

Korean

Hanja

豎 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

豎: Hán Nôm readings: thụ

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