麤

See also: 麄, 麁, and 粗

麤 U+9EA4, 麤 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EA4 ← 麣 [U+9EA3] CJK Unified Ideographs 麥 → [U+9EA5]

Translingual

Han character

麤 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+22, 33 strokes, cangjie input 戈心戈心心 (IPIPP), four-corner 0021₀, composition ⿱鹿⿰鹿鹿)

Derived characters

• 𮣱, 𧆓, 𪋻,𡔙,𪋻

Related characters

• 粗 (Preferred form in modern Chinese)
• 麄, 麁 (Variant forms)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1512, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47714
• Dae Jaweon: page 2040, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4737, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9EA4

Chinese

trad.		麤
simp.		粗
alternative forms		麄 麁

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 麤
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Triplication of 鹿 (“deer”). Its original meaning is "to move fast".

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cū (cu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cou¹
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tshu

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cū
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cu
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu¹
    • Yale: tsū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsu
    • Palladius: цу (cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cou¹
    • Yale: chōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰou̯⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tshu
    • MiniDict: tshu^平
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰu⁵³/

---

• Middle Chinese: tshu

Rime
Character	麤
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	倉胡切
Baxter	tshu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰuo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰuo/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰo/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɔ/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰo/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡sʰuo/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cou1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰlaː/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麤
Reading #	1/1
No.	1866
Phonetic component	麤
Rime group	魚
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	麤
Old Chinese	/*sʰlaː/

Definitions

麤

1. distant; remote; far.
2. vigilance and caution。Deer are naturally alert, often face away from their surroundings while eating, hence the character '麤' (cū) is formed with three deer, symbolizing their vigilant state.
3. Things like straw sandals and hemp sandals were written as '𧆓' in ancient times, which is now simplified to '麤'.
4. Alternative form of 粗 (cū, “coarse; rough; rude”)
   1. robust、Sturdy.如：「麤厲」
   2. overbearing、brutish.如：「麤豪」
   3. careless，imprecise.
   4. rough、coarse.如：「麤茶」
   5. sketchy、plain.如：「麤具」

Compounds

• 心麤膽壯 / 心粗胆壮
• 心麤膽大 / 心粗胆大
• 打麤 / 打粗
• 麤服亂頭 / 粗服乱头
• 麤疏 / 粗疏
• 麤糲 / 粗粝

Japanese

Kanji

麤

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. coarse, rough
2. rude

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: そ (so)、ぞ (zo)
• Kun: あらい (arai, 麤い)、はなれる (hanareru, 麤れる)

Korean

Alternative forms

• 麁

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 麤 (MC tshu). Recorded as Middle Korean 粗/추 (chwu) (Yale: chwu) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Hanja

Wikisource

麤 (eumhun 거칠 추 (geochil chu))

1. hanja form^? of 추 (“coarse; rough”)

Compounds

• 추잡 (麤雜, chujap)
• 추악 (麤惡, chuak)

Usage notes

Although not the same Hanja, for words containing this Hanja, "醜" is instead opted for its similar semantics and identical pronunciation.

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

麤: Hán Nôm readings: thô

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

• Nom Foundation