# 醜

| 醜 | U+919C, &#37276; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919C |
| ← 醛 [U+919B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 醝 → [U+919D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

醜 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹山戈 (MWHUI), four-corner 1661$_3$, composition ⿰酉鬼)

#### Derived characters

* 𢹧, 𩽤

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1286, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39969
* Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3590, character 6
* Unihan data for U+919C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 楢 | *kʰjuʔ, *lu |
| 逎 | *ʔslu |
| 遒 | *sklu, *sɡlu |
| 蝤 | *sklu, *sɡlu |
| 揂 | *sklu |
| 酒 | *ʔsluʔ |
| 媨 | *sklus |
| 鞧 | *skʰlu |
| 緧 | *skʰlu |
| 趥 | *skʰlu, *skʰluŋs |
| 酋 | *sɡlu |
| 崷 | *sɡlu |
| 鰌 | *sɡlu |
| 煪 | *sɡlu |
| 醜 | *l̥ʰjuʔ |
| 猶 | *klus, *lu, *lus |
| 猷 | *lu |
| 輶 | *lu, *luʔ, *lus |
| 偤 | *lu |
| 莤 | *lu, *sruɡ |
| 蕕 | *lu |
| 庮 | *lu, *luʔ |
| 槱 | *luʔ, *lus |
| 梄 | *luʔ |
| 丣 | *luʔ |
| 酉 | *luʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰjuʔ) : phonetic 酉 (OC *luʔ) + semantic 鬼 (“ghost, demon”) - demons are ugly in Chinese culture.

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 楢 | *kʰjuʔ, *lu |
| 逎 | *ʔslu |
| 遒 | *sklu, *sɡlu |
| 蝤 | *sklu, *sɡlu |
| 揂 | *sklu |
| 酒 | *ʔsluʔ |
| 媨 | *sklus |
| 鞧 | *skʰlu |
| 緧 | *skʰlu |
| 趥 | *skʰlu, *skʰluŋs |
| 酋 | *sɡlu |
| 崷 | *sɡlu |
| 鰌 | *sɡlu |
| 煪 | *sɡlu |
| 醜 | *l̥ʰjuʔ |
| 猶 | *klus, *lu, *lus |
| 猷 | *lu |
| 輶 | *lu, *luʔ, *lus |
| 偤 | *lu |
| 莤 | *lu, *sruɡ |
| 蕕 | *lu |
| 庮 | *lu, *luʔ |
| 槱 | *luʔ, *lus |
| 梄 | *luʔ |
| 丣 | *luʔ |
| 酉 | *luʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chǒu (chou$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cau$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhú
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cu$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): chiū
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ciu$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú / siú / thiú
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tsheu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chou$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chǒu
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chǒu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻou$^3$
*** Yale: chǒu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choou
*** Palladius: чоу (čou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^2$
*** Yale: cháu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhú
*** Hakka Romanization System: cu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chiū
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰieu³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú
*** Tâi-lô: tshiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiuo
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú
*** Tâi-lô: siú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siuo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiú
*** Tâi-lô: thiú
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiuo
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ciu$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiú
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰiu⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$tsheu
*** MiniDict: tsheu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$tsheu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɤ³⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: chou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯⁴¹/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /t͡sʰəu̯⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: tsyhuwX
Rime :
| Character | 醜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 昌九切 |
| Baxter | tsyhuwX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰɨu$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰiu$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰiəu$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰuw$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiu$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭəu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi̯ə̯u$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chǒu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.qʰuʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰjuʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 醜 | 醜 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chǒu | chǒu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyhuw$^X$ › | ‹ tsyhuw$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*t.qʰuʔ/ | /*t.qʰuʔ/ |
| English | ugly; evil | category |
| 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 | 醜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15565 |
| Phonetic component | 酉 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 醜 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰjuʔ/ |

### Definitions

醜
* ugly; homely; hideous
       Zhè gǒu zhǎnɡ de zhēn chǒu. [Pinyin]
       This dog is so ugly.
* shameful; disgraceful
    醜聞／丑闻 ― chǒuwén ― scandal
       nei$^5$ gam$^3$ daai$^6$ go$^3$ jan$^4$ zung$^6$ jiu$^3$ lou$^5$ dau$^6$ lou$^5$ mou$^{5-2}$ joeng$^5$, nei$^5$ cau$^2$ m$^4$ cau$^2$ gaa$^3$? [Jyutping]
       You are this old and yet still mooching off your parents. Don't you feel ashamed?
* shame; disgrace
    家醜不可外揚／家丑不可外扬 ― jiāchǒu bùkě wàiyáng ― don't wash your dirty linen in public
* (obsolete) evil
    From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
    Shíyuè zhī jiāo, shuòyuè xīnmǎo, rì yǒu shí zhī, yì kǒng zhī chǒu. [Pinyin]
    At the conjunction [of the sun and moon] in the tenth month, On the first day of the moon, which was Xin-mao, The sun was eclipsed, A thing of very evil omen.
* (obsolete) person or thing of the same kind
* (obsolete) to be similar
    From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
    Jīn tiānxià dì chǒu dé qí, mò néng xiàng shàng. Wú tā, hào chén qí suǒ jiào, ér bù hào chén qí suǒ shòu jiào. [Pinyin]
    Now throughout the kingdom, the territories of the princes are of equal extent, and in their achievements they are on a level. Not one of them is able to exceed the others. This is from no other reason, but that they love to make ministers of those whom they teach, and do not love to make ministers of those by whom they might be taught.

### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 醜, 媸 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 醜陋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 難看, 寒磣, 磣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 難看, 醜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 難看, 醜 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 難看, 醜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 難看, 醜, 不心疼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 難看, 醜 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 醜, 不好看 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 難看, 醜 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 難看, 醜, 相壞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 難睞 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 惡看, 醜鬼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 不客氣, 難看 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 媸, 醜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 䆀 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 難看, 醜 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 驚人, 毛格式, 生得呆 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 驚儂, 驚, 伓好看, 生得呆 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 䆀看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 歹看, 䆀, 䆀材, 㾀, 䆀猴, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 歹看 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 歹看, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 兇, 歹看, 㾀勢 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 孬睇, 野樣, 䆀 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 野樣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 野樣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 歹睇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 難看, 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 怕 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 怕 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 難看, 怕 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 難看 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 難看 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 難看 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 難看 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 難覷, 否好覷, 醜 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 醜, 不好看, 不打彩 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 醜, 不好看 |

### Compounds

* 丟醜 / 丢丑 (diūchǒu)
* 亮醜 / 亮丑
* 倛醜 / 倛丑
* 出乖弄醜 / 出乖弄丑 (chūguāinòngchǒu)
* 出乖露醜 / 出乖露丑
* 出醜 / 出丑 (chūchǒu)
* 出醜揚疾 / 出丑扬疾
* 出醜狼藉 / 出丑狼借
* 地醜德齊 / 地丑德齐
* 大醜 / 大丑
* 嫌好道醜 / 嫌好道丑
* 家醜 / 家丑 (jiāchǒu)
* 小醜 / 小丑
* 小醜跳梁
* 惡直醜正 / 恶直丑正
* 揭醜 / 揭丑
* 摧堅獲醜 / 摧坚获丑
* 獻醜 / 献丑 (xiànchǒu)
* 當場出醜 / 当场出丑
* 當場獻醜 / 当场献丑
* 百拙千醜 / 百拙千丑
* 美醜 / 美丑
* 群醜 / 群丑
* 謷醜 / 謷丑 (áochǒu)
* 遮醜 / 遮丑 (zhēchǒu)
* 醜丫頭 / 丑丫头
* 醜事 / 丑事 (chǒushì)
* 醜人多作怪 / 丑人多作怪 (chǒu rén duō zuòguài)
* 醜人多八怪 / 丑人多八怪
* 醜八怪 / 丑八怪 (chǒubāguài)
* 醜剌剌 / 丑剌剌
* 醜劇 / 丑剧
* 醜化 / 丑化 (chǒuhuà)
* 醜吒 / 丑吒
* 醜名 / 丑名
* 醜地 / 丑地
* 醜夷 / 丑夷
* 醜女 / 丑女 (chǒunǚ)
* 醜女效顰 / 丑女效颦
* 醜婦 / 丑妇
* 醜小鴨 / 丑小鸭 (chǒuxiǎoyā)
* 醜巴怪 / 丑巴怪
* 醜惡 / 丑恶 (chǒu'è)
* 醜態 / 丑态 (chǒutài)
* 醜態畢露 / 丑态毕露
* 醜態百出 / 丑态百出
* 醜末 / 丑末
* 醜生 / 丑生
* 醜聞 / 丑闻 (chǒuwén)
* 醜聲四溢 / 丑声四溢
* 醜聲遠播 / 丑声远播
* 醜虜 / 丑虏
* 醜行 / 丑行 (chǒuxíng)
* 醜詆 / 丑诋 (chǒudǐ)
* 醜話 / 丑话 (chǒuhuà)
* 醜語 / 丑语
* 醜陋 / 丑陋 (chǒulòu)
* 醜頭怪臉 / 丑头怪脸
* 醜類 / 丑类
* 醜類惡物 / 丑类恶物
* 齆醜 / 齆丑 (wèngchǒu)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* ugly
* shameful, disgraceful

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)
* Kun: みにくい (minikui, 醜い, Jōyō)、にくむ (nikumu, 醜む)、たぐい (tagui, 醜)、しこ (shiko, 醜)

#### Compounds

* 醜態(しゅうたい) (shūtai): disgraceful behavior
* 醜聞(しゅうぶん) (shūbun): scandal
* 醜女(しこめ) (shikome): ugly woman
* 醜男(ぶおとこ) (buotoko)/醜男(しこお) (shikō): ugly man
* 醜草(しこぐさ) (shikogusa): ugliness
* 醜名(しゅうめい) (shūmei): scandal
* 醜悪(しゅうあく) (shūaku): ugliness
* 美醜(びしゅう) (bishū): beauty and ugliness (appearance)
* 老醜(ろうしゅう) (rōshū): ugliness due to old age
* 醜(みにく)の木(き) (minikunoki): ugly tree

### Noun

醜(しゅう) • (shū)
* ugliness

## Korean
### Hanja

醜 (eum 추 (chu))
* ugly looking, homely
* disgraceful

## Vietnamese
### Han character

醜: Hán Nôm readings: xấu, xổ, xú, xũ, sú
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