# 疽

| 疽 | U+75BD, &#30141; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75BD |
| ← 疼 [U+75BC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 疾 → [U+75BE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

疽 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 大月一 (KBM), four-corner 0011$_7$, composition ⿸疒且)
* ulcer, carbuncle, abscess

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 771, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22106
* Dae Jaweon: page 1181, character 19
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2666, character 2
* Unihan data for U+75BD

## Chinese

* 疽

### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 疽
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 虘 | *zaːl, *zaː |
| 蔖 | *zlaːl, *sʰaːʔ |
| 摣 | *rnaː, *ʔsraː |
| 袓 | *ʔsjaː, *zaʔ |
| 怚 | *ʔsjaː, *ʔsas, *zaʔ |
| 罝 | *ʔsjaː |
| 謯 | *ʔslja, *ʔsraːʔ |
| 姐 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 抯 | *ʔsljaːʔ, *ljaːʔ, *ʔsraː |
| 飷 | *ʔsjaːʔ |
| 且 | *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa |
| 趄 | *sʰjaːs, *sʰa |
| 笡 | *sʰjaːs |
| 查 | *ʔsraː, *zraː, *zraː |
| 柤 | *ʔsraː |
| 樝 | *ʔsraː |
| 皻 | *ʔsraː |
| 渣 | *ʔsraː |
| 楂 | *zraː |
| 苴 | *zraː, *ʔsa, *ʔsaʔ, *sʰa |
| 駔 | *ʔslaːŋʔ, *zaːʔ |
| 租 | *ʔsaː |
| 蒩 | *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 祖 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 組 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 珇 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 靻 | *ʔsaːʔ |
| 粗 | *sʰaː, *zaːʔ |
| 徂 | *zaː |
| 殂 | *zaː |
| 麆 | *zaːʔ, *zras |
| 伹 | *zaːʔ, *sʰa |
| 蛆 | *ʔsa, *sʰa |
| 沮 | *ʔsa, *ʔsas, *sʰa, *zaʔ, *ʔsra |
| 咀 | *ʔsaʔ, *zaʔ |
| 疽 | *sʰa |
| 雎 | *sʰa |
| 狙 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 岨 | *sʰa |
| 砠 | *sʰa |
| 坥 | *sʰa, *sʰas |
| 刞 | *sʰas |
| 覰 | *sʰas |
| 覷 | *sʰas |
| 跙 | *zaʔ |
| 筯 | *das |
| 菹 | *ʔsra |
| 葅 | *ʔsra |
| 阻 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 俎 | *ʔsraʔ |
| 詛 | *ʔsraʔ, *ʔsras |
| 鉏 | *zra, *zraʔ |
| 豠 | *zra |
| 鋤 | *zra |
| 耡 | *zra, *zras |
| 齟 | *zraʔ |
| 助 | *zras |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰa) : semantic 疒 (“illness”) + phonetic 且 (OC *sʰjaːʔ, *ʔsa)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jū (ju$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zeoi$^1$ / ceoi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jū
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyu
*** Wade–Giles: chü$^1$
*** Yale: jyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiu
*** Palladius: цзюй (czjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zeoi$^1$ / ceoi$^1$
*** Yale: jēui / chēui
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzoey$^1$ / tsoey$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zêu$^1$ / cêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɵy̯⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰɵy̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tshjo
Rime :
| Character | 疽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 清 (14) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 七余切 |
| Baxter | tshjo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡sʰɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡sʰiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡sʰiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /t͡sʰɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡sʰiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡sʰĭo/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡sʰi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ceoi$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sʰa/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 疽 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10421 |
| Phonetic component | 且 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 疽 |
| Old Chinese | /*sʰa/ |

### Definitions

疽
* (traditional Chinese medicine) ulcer; carbuncle; abscess

### Compounds

* 串疽
* 吮疽
* 壞疽／坏疽 (huàijū)
* 夭疽
* 決癰潰疽／决痈溃疽
* 炭疽 (tànjū)
* 瘭疽 (biāojū)
* 癰疽／痈疽 (yōngjū)
* 馬鼻疽／马鼻疽

### References

* “疽”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: そ (so)
* Kan-on: しょ (sho)
* Kun: かさ (kasa, 疽)

#### Compounds

* 壊疽(えそ) (eso): gangrene

## Korean
### Hanja

疽 • (jeo) (hangeul 저, revised jeo, McCune–Reischauer chŏ, Yale ce)
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