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U+53DF, 叟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53DF

[U+53DE]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+53E0]

叟 U+2F837, 叟
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F837
及
[U+2F836]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𠭣
[U+2F838]

Translingual

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Alternative forms

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  • In Taiwan and Hong Kong, this character and its derived characters are written with 𦥑 (7 strokes) as the upper component while in mainland China, this character and its derivatives are written with (6 strokes) as the upper component.
  • A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+2F837(composition: ⿱申又) and is encoded for a historical variant found in the Ming dynasty dictionary 《重訂直音篇》.

Han character

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Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 166, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3176
  • Dae Jaweon: page 378, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 399, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+53DF

Chinese

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trad.
simp. #
2nd round simp. ⿱由又
alternative forms historical variant
ancient
𡨎
ancient
𠋢

Glyph origin

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Originally . Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : (roof; house) + (fire) + (hand) – hand holding a torch in the house – original form of (“to search”).

Since the clerical script, the top components and have merged into the unrelated 𦥔.

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (137)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter suwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/səuX/
Pan
Wuyun
/səuX/
Shao
Rongfen
/səuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/səwX/
Li
Rong
/suX/
Wang
Li
/səuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/sə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
sǒu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sau2
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
sǒu
Middle
Chinese
‹ suwX ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-ruʔ/ (dialect: > *sruʔ > MC srjuwX > sruwX > suwX)
English old 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
Reading # 1/1
No. 12070
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*suːʔ/
Notes

Definitions

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  1. old man; old gentleman
  2. (honorific) Term of address for an elderly man: sir

Compounds

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Japanese

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Kanji

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(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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  • On (unclassified): そう ()しゅう (shū)
  • Kun: おきな (okina, )

Korean

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Hanja

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(eum (su))

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Vietnamese

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Han character

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: Hán Nôm readings: tẩu

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