# 姝

| 姝 | U+59DD, &#23005; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59DD |
| ← 姜 [U+59DC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 姞 → [U+59DE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

姝 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女竹十木 (VHJD), four-corner 4549$_0$, composition ⿰女朱)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 259, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6206
* Dae Jaweon: page 525, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1044, character 11
* Unihan data for U+59DD

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 咮 | *tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo |
| 株 | *to |
| 誅 | *to |
| 邾 | *to |
| 鼄 | *to |
| 跦 | *to |
| 袾 | *to, *tʰjo |
| 鴸 | *to, *tjo |
| 蛛 | *to |
| 殊 | *to, *djo |
| 趎 | *do |
| 珠 | *tjo |
| 朱 | *tjo |
| 侏 | *tjo |
| 絑 | *tjo |
| 祩 | *tjo, *tjos |
| 鮢 | *tjo |
| 硃 | *tjo |
| 姝 | *tʰjo |
| 銖 | *djo |
| 茱 | *djo |
| 洙 | *djo |
| 陎 | *djo |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *tʰjo) : semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shū (shu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyu$^1$ / syu$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chû
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): tṳ̆
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): su
    (Teochew, Peng'im): du$^1$ / su$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tshy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shū
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shu
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^1$
*** Yale: shū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyu$^1$ / syu$^1$
*** Yale: jyū / syū
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzy$^1$ / sy$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ju$^1$ / xu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syː⁵⁵/, /syː⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: zi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
*** Hakka Romanization System: zu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: tṳ̆
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰy⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su
*** Tâi-lô: su
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sw
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: du$^1$ / su$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tu / sû
*** Sinological IPA : /tu³³/, /su⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tshy
*** MiniDict: tshy$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tshr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰz̩⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: tsyhu
Rime :
| Character | 姝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 昌朱切 |
| Baxter | tsyhu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰio/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chū |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cyu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tʰjo/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 姝 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17578 |
| Phonetic component | 朱 |
| Rime group | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 樞 |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰjo/ |

### Definitions

姝
* (literary, usually of a woman) beautiful; pretty
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Jìngnǚ qí shū, sì wǒ yú chéngyú. [Pinyin]
    How lovely is the retiring girl! She was to await me at a corner of the wall.
* (literary) beauty; beautiful woman

### Compounds

* 仙姝
* 侍姝
* 名姝
* 吳姝／吴姝
* 國姝／国姝
* 姝好
* 姝妖
* 妍姝
* 姝姝
* 姝子
* 姝惠
* 姝秀
* 姝美
* 姝艷／姝艳
* 姝豔／姝艳
* 姝貌
* 姝顏／姝颜
* 姝麗／姝丽
* 嬌姝／娇姝
* 宮姝／宫姝
* 文姝
* 明姝
* 暖姝
* 清姝
* 燕趙姝／燕赵姝
* 玉姝
* 莊姝／庄姝
* 豔姝／艳姝
* 閭姝／闾姝
* 院姝
* 霞姝
* 靚姝／靓姝
* 靜姝／静姝 (jìngshū)
* 麗姝／丽姝

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* beautiful girl

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): す (su)、しゅ (shu)
* Kun: うつくしい (utsukushī)

## Korean
### Hanja

姝 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)
* a beautiful girl