獶獀

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (獶獀)		獶	獀
simp. #(獶獀)		獶	獀
alternative forms		獶𤟫 獿獀

Etymology

Pronounced *ou-sou ~ *ou-ʂou in 100 CE and a transcription of an Austronesian word; compare Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu (“dog”) (Sagart, 2008). Compare also Proto-Vietic *ʔa-cɔːʔ.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōusōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡ ㄙㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ sau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōusōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡ ㄙㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yousou
    • Wade–Giles: yu¹-sou¹
    • Yale: yōu-sōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iousou
    • Palladius: юсоу (jusou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ soʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ sau¹
    • Yale: yāu sāu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ sau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ seo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ sɐu̯⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: 'juw srjuw

Rime
Character	獶	獀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	於求切	所鳩切
Baxter	'juw	srjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔɨu/	/ʃɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔiu/	/ʃiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔiəu/	/ʃiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔuw/	/ʂuw/
Li Rong	/ʔiu/	/ʃiu/
Wang Li	/ĭəu/	/ʃĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʔi̯ə̯u/	/ʂi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yōu	shōu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau1	sau1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qu  sru/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	獶
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	náo
Middle Chinese	‹ naw ›
Old Chinese	/*nˁu/
English	a kind of monkey
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	獶	獀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	15500	12084
Phonetic component	憂	叟
Rime group	幽	幽
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	憂	𢯱
Old Chinese	/*qu/	/*sru/
Notes	說文作獿

Noun

獶獀

1. (Nanyue) dog

   • 竹雞能化蟻。啄木能食蠹。那更畜獶獀。田間搏蹇兔。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     竹鸡能化蚁。啄木能食蠹。那更畜獶獀。田间搏蹇兔。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1915, 方澍, 《潮州雜詠》

     Zhújī néng huà yǐ. Zhuómù néng shí dù. Nàgèng xù yōusōu. Tiánjiān bó jiǎntù. [Pinyin]

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