# 屠

| 屠 | U+5C60, &#23648; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C60 |
| ← 屟 [U+5C5F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 屡 → [U+5C61] |
| 屠 | U+2F877, &#194679; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F877 |
| ← 㞁 [U+2F876] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 屮 → [U+2F878] |

## Translingual
### Han character

屠 (Kangxi radical 44, 尸+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 尸十大日 (SJKA), four-corner 7726$_4$, composition ⿸尸者)
* butcher, slaughter, massacre
* slaughterer
* slaughterhouse
* a surname

#### Derived characters

* 𭄎, 𭏴, 潳, 𨼑, 𬄫, 𣦠, 𧬅(𬤜), 䠧
* 𰅂, 䣝, 鷵(𱊩), 𠪡, 廜, 𤺈

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 303, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7761
* Dae Jaweon: page 600, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 976, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5C60
* Unihan data for U+2F877

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *daː, *da) : semantic 尸 (“body”) + phonetic 者 (OC *tjaːʔ).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tú (tu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tou$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): tô͘ / tó͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): dou$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tú
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tú
*** Wade–Giles: tʻu$^2$
*** Yale: tú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twu
*** Palladius: ту (tu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tou$^4$
*** Yale: tòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰou̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thù
*** Hakka Romanization System: tu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰu¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘
*** Tâi-lô: tôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /tɔ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ²³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, rare in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó͘
*** Tâi-lô: tóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dor
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /tɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ⁵⁵⁴/
* tô͘ - literary;
* tó͘ - vernacular variant, more common in Quanzhou.
* Middle Chinese: du
Rime :
| Character | 屠 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 同都切 |
| Baxter | du |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /duo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /duo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /do/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /do/ |
| Wang Li | /du/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tou$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]ˤa/
    (Zhengzhang): /*daː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 屠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | tú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ du › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]ˁa/ |
| English | butcher (v.) |
| 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 | 屠 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 16978 |
| Phonetic component | 者 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 徒 |
| Old Chinese | /*daː/ |

#### Definitions

屠
* to slaughter livestock; to butcher livestock
* to massacre; to slaughter
* butcher
* a surname
    屠呦呦 ― Tú Yōuyōu ― Tu Youyou

#### Compounds

* 大屠殺 / 大屠杀 (dàtúshā)
* 屠伯
* 屠刀 (túdāo)
* 屠城 (túchéng)
* 屠場 / 屠场
* 屠夫 (túfū)
* 屠妖節 / 屠妖节 (Túyāojié)
* 屠宰 (túzǎi)
* 屠家 (tújiā)
* 屠宰場 / 屠宰场 (túzǎichǎng)
* 屠宰稅 / 屠宰税
* 屠戮 (túlù)
* 屠戶 / 屠户 (túhù)
* 屠殺 / 屠杀 (túshā)
* 屠毒筆墨 / 屠毒笔墨
* 屠沽 (túgū)
* 屠沽兒 / 屠沽儿
* 屠沽子
* 屠滅 / 屠灭
* 屠燒 / 屠烧
* 屠牛朝歌
* 屠狗
* 屠狗之輩 / 屠狗之辈
* 屠蘇 / 屠苏
* 屠蘇酒 / 屠苏酒
* 屠販 / 屠贩
* 屠門大嚼 / 屠门大嚼
* 屠龍 / 屠龙
* 屠龍之技 / 屠龙之技
* 山林屠販 / 山林屠贩
* 放下屠刀 (fàngxiàtúdāo)
* 斷屠 / 断屠
* 浮屠 (Fútú)
* 狗屠
* 狗屠角牴 / 狗屠角抵
* 申屠 (Shēntú)
* 禁屠
* 非熊賣屠 / 非熊卖屠

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chú (chu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chú
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chú
*** Wade–Giles: chʻu$^2$
*** Yale: chú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwu
*** Palladius: чу (ču)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ceoi$^4$
*** Yale: chèuih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cêu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɵy̯²¹/
* Middle Chinese: drjo
Rime :
| Character | 屠 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直魚切 |
| Baxter | drjo |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖɨʌ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖiɔ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiɔ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖɨə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡiɔ/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭo/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯wo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*da/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 屠 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 16995 |
| Phonetic component | 者 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 除 |
| Old Chinese | /*da/ |

#### Definitions

屠
* Only used in 休屠 (Xiūtú).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01093
* “屠”, 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)
* slaughter
* massacre

#### Readings

* Go-on: ど (do)、ず (zu)
* Kan-on: と (to)
* On: ちょ (cho)
* Kun: ほふる (hofuru, 屠る)

#### Compounds

* 屠牛(とぎゅう) (togyū)
* 屠殺(とさつ) (tosatsu)
* 屠獣(とじゅう) (tojū)
* 屠所(としょ) (tosho)
* 屠所(としょ)の羊(ひつじ) (toshonohitsuji)
* 屠場(とじょう) (tojō)
* 屠蘇(とそ) (toso)
* 屠蘇機嫌(とそきげん) (tosokigen)
* 屠蘇酒(とそしゅ) (tososhu)
* 屠蘇散(とそさん) (tososan)
* 屠蘇袋(とそぶくろ) (tosobukuro)
* 屠腹(とふく) (tofuku)
* 浮屠(ふと) (futo)
* 屠(ほふ)る (hofuru)

## Korean
### Hanja

屠 • (do, jeo) (hangeul 도, 저, revised do, jeo, McCune–Reischauer to, chŏ)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

屠: Hán Nôm readings: đồ
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