喌

Han character edit

喌 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口口戈中中 (RRILL), four-corner 6632₀, composition ⿱吅州)

References edit

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 198, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3918
• Dae Jaweon: page 419, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 655, character 3
• Unihan data for U+558C

Glyph origin edit

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tju, *tjuɡ) : semantic 吅 + phonetic 州 (OC *tju).

Pronunciation edit

Definitions edit

喌

1. (onomatopoeia) cluck (sound of calling chicken); tsk

   • 婢又呼雞：「喌，喌，喌，喌，王安石來。」群雞俱至。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     婢又呼鸡：「喌，喌，喌，喌，王安石来。」群鸡俱至。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1624, Feng Menglong (馮夢龍), Stories to Caution the World (《警世通言》). English translation by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang, 2007.

     Bì yòu hū jī: “Zhōu, zhōu, zhōu, zhōu, Wáng Ānshí lái.” Qún jī jù zhì. [Pinyin]

     Then the maid called out to the chickens, "Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Cluck! Wang Anshi, come over here!" and the flock of chickens swarmed up to her.

Compounds edit

Kanji edit

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

• On (unclassified): しゅく (shuku); しゅう (shū)

Hanja edit

喌 • (ju, juk) (hangeul 주, 죽, revised ju, juk, McCune–Reischauer chu, chuk)

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