# 殊

| 殊 | U+6B8A, &#27530; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B8A |
| ← 殉 [U+6B89] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 残 → [U+6B8B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

殊 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 一弓竹十木 (MNHJD), four-corner 1529$_0$, composition ⿰歹朱)

#### Derived characters

* 𭉝, 𪬔, 𢲬, 𬗰, 𭫔

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 580, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16451
* Dae Jaweon: page 972, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1385, character 13
* Unihan data for U+6B8A

## 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 *to, *djo): semantic 歺 + phonetic 朱 (OC *tjo).

### Etymology

Perhaps related to 觸 (OC *tʰjoɡ, “to butt, knock against”); see there for more (STEDT).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shū (shu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): syu$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sû
* Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̀
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sû
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zy
* 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: syu$^4$
*** Yale: syùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /syː²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sû
*** Hakka Romanization System: su$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: su$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /su²⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /sy⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sû
*** Tâi-lô: sû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: suu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /su²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /su²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /su¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /su²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zy
*** MiniDict: zy$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$zr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zz̩²³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit殊 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂu⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʂu²⁴/ /ʂu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁴⁵/ /t͡sʰu⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʃu²¹³/ /tʃʰu⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /fu²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /fv̩⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʂu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /fu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʂu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /su⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /su⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /su⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʂu⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰu²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /su¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /sz̩ʷ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /su³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /zz̩²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /zz̩ʷ¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /zz̩ʷ¹³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zz̩³¹/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕyʔ²¹/ /t͡ɕʰyʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕʰy⁴⁴/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕy¹³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕy¹²/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕy⁴⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /su¹¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ʃu¹¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sy²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /sy²¹/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /sy²¹/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /su³⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /sy⁵³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /sy²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /su⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡si²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: dzyu
Rime :
| Character | 殊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 市朱切 |
| Baxter | dzyu |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑio/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]o/
    (Zhengzhang): /*to/, /*djo/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 殊 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzyu › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]o/ |
| English | die; different |
| 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 | 殊 | 殊 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 17565 | 17580 |
| Phonetic component | 朱 | 朱 |
| Rime group | 侯 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 株 | 殊 |
| Old Chinese | /*to/ | /*djo/ |
| Notes | 原作列，周校爲殊，與其或體從朱從戈合 | |

### Definitions

殊
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to behead; to decapitate; to kill
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to die; to lose one's life
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to cut off; to sever
* different; disparate; dissimilar
    From: Mozi, c. 4th century BCE
    Gù yán duō fāng, shū lèi, yì gù, zé bùkě piān guān yě. [Pinyin]
    Thus doctrine should rely upon many methods, various kinds, different causes, and cannot be looked upon from a single perspective.
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to distinguish; to differentiate
* outstanding; exceptional; excellent
* special; peculiar; distinctive
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) extremely; very
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) still; yet
    From: Guanyinzi, time unknown
    Shū bùzhī wǒ zhī jīn, yè, xián, lèi jiē shuǐ. [Pinyin]
    And yet do not know that sweat, fluids, saliva and tears are all water.
* a surname

### Compounds

* 不殊
* 人殊意異 / 人殊意异 (rén shū yì yì)
* 人鬼殊途
* 卓殊
* 同歸殊途 / 同归殊途
* 強弱懸殊 / 强弱悬殊
* 懸殊 / 悬殊 (xuánshū)
* 文殊師利 / 文殊师利 (Wénshūshīlì)
* 時異事殊 / 时异事殊
* 時異勢殊 / 时异势殊
* 殊不知 (shūbùzhī)
* 殊俗
* 殊別 / 殊别
* 殊功勁節 / 殊功劲节
* 殊勛 / 殊勋
* 殊勛異績 / 殊勋异绩
* 殊勛茂績 / 殊勋茂绩
* 殊品
* 殊塗一致 / 殊涂一致
* 殊塗同會 / 殊涂同会
* 殊塗同歸 / 殊涂同归 (shūtútóngguī)
* 殊塗同致 / 殊涂同致
* 殊寵 / 殊宠
* 殊形妙狀 / 殊形妙状
* 殊形怪狀 / 殊形怪状
* 殊形詭狀 / 殊形诡状
* 殊形詭色 / 殊形诡色
* 殊技
* 殊效
* 殊方
* 殊方同致
* 殊方異域 / 殊方异域
* 殊方異類 / 殊方异类
* 殊方絕域 / 殊方绝域
* 殊榮 / 殊荣 (shūróng)
* 殊死 (shūsǐ)
* 殊死戰 / 殊死战
* 殊殊 (syu4 syu4-2)
* 殊滋異味 / 殊滋异味
* 殊異 / 殊异 (shūyì)
* 殊禮 / 殊礼 (shūlǐ)
* 殊科
* 殊絕 / 殊绝
* 殊致
* 殊致同歸 / 殊致同归
* 殊譽 / 殊誉
* 殊豔尤態 / 殊艳尤态
* 殊路同歸 / 殊路同归
* 殊途同歸 / 殊途同归 (shūtútóngguī)
* 殊遇
* 殊選 / 殊选
* 淑慝殊途
* 源殊派異 / 源殊派异
* 特殊 (tèshū)
* 特殊兒童 / 特殊儿童
* 特殊因素
* 特殊性 (tèshūxìng)
* 特殊性向
* 特殊才能
* 特殊效果 (tèshū xiàoguǒ)
* 特殊教育 (tèshū jiàoyù)
* 特殊營業 / 特殊营业
* 異政殊俗 / 异政殊俗
* 相去懸殊 / 相去悬殊
* 眾寡勢殊 / 众寡势殊
* 眾寡懸殊 / 众寡悬殊
* 絕域殊方 / 绝域殊方
* 言人人殊 (yánrénrénshū)
* 詭形殊狀 / 诡形殊状
* 貧富懸殊 / 贫富悬殊 (pínfùxuánshū)
* 霄壤之殊

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* particularly; especially; exceptionally

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゅ (ju)、ず (zu)
* Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)
* Kun: こと (koto, 殊, Jōyō)、ことなる (kotonaru)、ころす (korosu)、たつ (tatsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

殊 • (su) (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

殊: Hán Nôm readings: thùa, thù, thò
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