# 騶

| 騶 | U+9A36, &#39478; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A36 |
| ← 騵 [U+9A35] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 騷 → [U+9A37] |

## Translingual
### Han character

騶 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 尸火心山山 (SFPUU), four-corner 7732$_7$, composition ⿰馬芻)
* mounted escort
* groom

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1443, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44928
* Dae Jaweon: page 1967, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4571, character 8
* Unihan data for U+9A36

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 騶 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 煼 | *sʰroːʔ |
| 謅 | *sʰroːʔ, *ʔsru, *sʰru |
| 縐 | *sʰroːs, *ʔsrus |
| 鄒 | *ʔsru |
| 騶 | *ʔsru |
| 搊 | *ʔsruʔ, *sʰru, *ʔsro |
| 皺 | *ʔsrus |
| 篘 | *sʰru |
| 㑳 | *zrus, *ʔsro, *rnuːb |
| 趍 | *sʰlo, *l'al |
| 趨 | *sʰlo |
| 芻 | *sʰro |
| 犓 | *sʰro |
| 雛 | *zro |
| 鶵 | *zro |
| 媰 | *zro |
| 齺 | *zroːɡ |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zōu (zou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zou
*** Wade–Giles: tsou$^1$
*** Yale: dzōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzou
*** Palladius: цзоу (czou)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zau$^1$
*** Yale: jāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsrjuw
Rime :
| Character | 騶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 側鳩切 |
| Baxter | tsrjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂuw/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃiu/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃĭəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤro/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsru/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 騶 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zōu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsrjuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts]ˁro/ |
| English | groom |
| 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 | 騶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1595 |
| Phonetic component | 芻 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鄒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsru/ |

#### Definitions

騶
* stablemaster; groom; coach driver
    From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
    Mìng pú jí qī zōu xián jià, zǎi jīngzhào, shòu chē yǐ jí, zhěng shè yú píng wài. [Pinyin]
    Orders are given to the charioteers and the seven (classes of) grooms to see to the yoking of the several teams, to set up in the carriages the flags and various banners, to assign the carriages according to the rank (of those who were to occupy them), and to arrange and set up the screens outside (the royal tent).
* cavalry escort
    From: 1740 CE, Pu Songling, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
    Zōucóng zàn lìng qù yǐ. [Pinyin]
    The cavalry escorts and the henchmen have been ordered to leave temporarily.
* Used in 騶虞／驺虞 (zōuyú, “zouyu”).
* a surname

#### Compounds

* 引騶／引驺
* 騶人／驺人
* 騶卒／驺卒
* 騶奴／驺奴
* 騶從／驺从
* 騶虞／驺虞 (zōuyú)
* 鳴騶／鸣驺

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
*** Wade–Giles: chou$^4$
*** Yale: jòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
*** Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-[ts]ˤro(k)-s/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 騶 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzrjuw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-[ts]ˁro(k)-s/ |
| English | to run |
| 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. ||

#### Definitions

騶
* Alternative form of 驟／骤 (zhòu, “to gallop; to run”)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qū (qu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qū
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cyu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻü$^1$
*** Yale: chyū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiu
*** Palladius: цюй (cjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰy⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

騶
* Alternative form of 趨／趋 (qū, “to run; to walk quickly”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* mounted escort
* groom

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しゅう (shū)、しゅ (shu)、じゅ (ju)、す (su)、ちゅ (chu)、すう (sū)
* Kun: うまかい (umakai)、のりうま (noriuma)、のりやく (noriyaku)、はしる (hashiru)、はせる (haseru)、や (ya)

## Korean
### Hanja

騶 • (chu) (hangeul 추)
* mounted escort
* groom