# 毆

| 毆 | U+6BC6, &#27590; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BC6 |
| ← 毅 [U+6BC5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 毇 → [U+6BC7] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 殴 |
| Simplified | 殴 |
| Traditional | 毆 |

### Han character

毆 (Kangxi radical 79, 殳+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 尸口竹弓水 (SRHNE), four-corner 7774$_7$, composition ⿰區殳)

#### Derived characters

* 𬥍

#### Descendants

* 殴

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 587, character 15
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16674
* Dae Jaweon: page 979, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2165, character 4
* Unihan data for U+6BC6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 毆
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 摳 | *kʰoː, *kʰo |
| 彄 | *kʰoː |
| 剾 | *kʰoː, *qoː |
| 謳 | *qoː |
| 歐 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 區 | *qoː, *kʰo |
| 鷗 | *qoː |
| 甌 | *qoː |
| 漚 | *qoː, *qoːs |
| 瞘 | *qoː |
| 嘔 | *qoː, *qoːʔ |
| 櫙 | *qoː |
| 膒 | *qoː |
| 蓲 | *qoː, *kʰu, *qo, *qos |
| 醧 | *qoː, *qas |
| 鏂 | *qoː |
| 毆 | *qoːʔ |
| 塸 | *qoːʔ |
| 貙 | *kʰl'o |
| 樞 | *kʰjo |
| 驅 | *kʰo, *kʰos |
| 軀 | *kʰo |
| 嶇 | *kʰo |
| 鰸 | *kʰo |
| 敺 | *kʰo |
| 傴 | *qoʔ |
| 嫗 | *qos |
| 饇 | *qos |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qoːʔ) : phonetic 區 (OC *qoː, *kʰo) + semantic 殳 (“action”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ōu (ou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): au$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ió / o͘ / o / au
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ao$^1$ / ao$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ou
*** Wade–Giles: ou$^1$
*** Yale: ōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
*** Palladius: оу (ou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: au$^2$
*** Yale: áu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: au$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: eo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐu̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ió
*** Tâi-lô: ió
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ioir
*** IPA (Taipei): /io⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /io⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘
*** Tâi-lô: oo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: of
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o
*** Tâi-lô: o
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oy
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /o³³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au
*** Tâi-lô: au
*** Phofsit Daibuun: aw
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /au³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au⁴⁴/
* ió/o͘ - literary;
* o/au - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: 'uwX
Rime :
| Character | 毆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 烏后切 |
| Baxter | 'uwX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔəu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔəu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔəu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔəw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /əu$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | ǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | au$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qoːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 毆 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 10597 |
| Phonetic component | 區 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 歐 |
| Old Chinese | /*qoːʔ/ |

#### Definitions

毆
* to beat; to fight with fists; to hit; to strike; to brawl
* a surname

##### Descendants

* → English: Ou, Au, Aw

#### Compounds

* 互毆／互殴 (hù'ōu)
* 凶毆
* 反目互毆／反目互殴
* 攢毆／攒殴
* 毆傷／殴伤
* 毆打／殴打 (ōudǎ)
* 毆擊／殴击
* 毆斃／殴毙 (ōubì)
* 毆氣／殴气
* 毆罵／殴骂 (ōumà)
* 毆辱／殴辱
* 群毆／群殴 (qún'ōu)
* 鬥毆／斗殴 (dòu'ōu)

### Pronunciation 2

* Cantonese (Jyutping): au$^3$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: au$^3$
*** Yale: au
*** Cantonese Pinyin: au$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: eo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɐu̯³³/

#### Definitions

毆
* (Cantonese) to beat; to hit

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 殴 |
| Kyūjitai | 毆 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 殴)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: う (u)
* Kan-on: おう (ō)
* Kun: なぐる (naguru, 毆る)、たたく (tataku, 毆く)

## Korean
### Hanja

毆 (eum 구 (gu))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

毆: Hán Nôm readings: ẩu
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