酋

酋	U+914B, 酋 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-914B

← 酊
[U+914A]

CJK Unified Ideographs

酌 →
[U+914C]

Translingual

Han character

酋 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿金田一 (TCWM), four-corner 8060₁, composition ⿱丷酉 or ⿱八酉)

Derived characters

尊, 奠, 蠤, 猶, 猷, 偤, 崷, 揂, 楢, 煪, 遒, 緧, 蝤, 趥, 輶, 媨, 湭, 禉, 鰌, 鞧, 㥢, 㻥, 䠓, 𥂝, 𨩊, 㷕

Usage notes

There is regional variation in the first two strokes of the character:
- In mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, they are written as 丷 according to the modern standards.
- In Japan and Korea, they are written as 八 due to the incorrect copying of Han Chinese script from the Tang Dynasty by scholars from Jo-seon Dynasty.

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1280, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39765
Dae Jaweon: page 1779, character 2
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3572, character 4
Unihan data for U+914B

Chinese

trad.		酋
simp. ^#		酋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
楢	kʰjuʔ, lu
逎	*ʔslu
遒	sklu, sɡlu
蝤	sklu, sɡlu
揂	*sklu
酒	*ʔsluʔ
媨	*sklus
鞧	*skʰlu
緧	*skʰlu
趥	skʰlu, skʰluŋs
酋	*sɡlu
崷	*sɡlu
鰌	*sɡlu
煪	*sɡlu
醜	*l̥ʰjuʔ
猶	klus, lu, *lus
猷	*lu
輶	lu, luʔ, *lus
偤	*lu
莤	lu, sruɡ
蕕	*lu
庮	lu, luʔ
槱	luʔ, lus
梄	*luʔ
丣	*luʔ
酉	*luʔ

Pictogram (象形): Some exposed liquid (八) above an alcohol vessel (酉). See also 酒.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴
Eastern Min (BUC): siù
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiû / iû / siû

(Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁵ / ciu⁵
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zhieu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiu²
  - Yale: chyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
  - Palladius: цю (cju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: jau⁴
  - Yale: yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siù
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiû
  - Tâi-lô: tshiû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
  - Tâi-lô: iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /iu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siû
  - Tâi-lô: siû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siuu
  - IPA (Taipei): /siu²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iu⁵ / ciu⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû / tshiû
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zhieu
  - MiniDict: zhieu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³xxieu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiɤ²³/

Middle Chinese: dzjuw

Rime
Character	酋
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	自秋切
Baxter	dzjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ziu/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ziəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zuw/
Li Rong	/d͡ziu/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tsu/

(Zhengzhang): /*sɡlu/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	酋
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiú
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*m-tsu/
English	wine-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	酋
Reading #	1/1
No.	15559
Phonetic component	酉
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*sɡlu/
Notes	酉轉註字

Definitions

酋

chief of a tribe, chieftain
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) superintendent of the preparation of liquors

Compounds

大酋
敵酋 / 敌酋
酋矛
酋酋
酋長 / 酋长 (qiúzhǎng)
酋長制度 / 酋长制度
酋長岩 / 酋长岩 (Qiúchángyán)

Japanese

Kanji

酋

(Hyōgai kanji)

chief, leader

Readings

Go-on: じゅ (ju)
Kan-on: しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
Kun: おさ (osa, 酋)、かしら (kashira, 酋)

Derived terms

酋長 (shūchō)

Korean

Hanja

酋 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune–Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

酋: Hán Nôm readings: tù

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