# 畜

| 畜 | U+755C, &#30044; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-755C |
| ← 畛 [U+755B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 畝 → [U+755D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

畜 (Kangxi radical 102, 田+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 卜女戈田 (YVIW), four-corner 0060$_3$, composition ⿱玄田)

#### Derived characters

* 傗 㗜 㜅 慉 搐 滀 槒 稸 䙒 𧏷 𨃕
* 鄐 蓄

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 761, character 12
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21814
* Dae Jaweon: page 1171, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2538, character 4
* Unihan data for U+755C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 畜 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script |
| | Old Chinese |
| 畜 | *l̥ʰuɡs, *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ |
| 蓄 | *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ |
| 稸 | *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ |
| 滀 | *l̥ʰuɡ |
| 傗 | *l̥ʰuɡ |
| 鄐 | *l̥ʰuɡ, *hluɡ |
| 慉 | *hluɡ |
Pictogram (象形): 玄 (“rope tying the bag of feed”) + 田 (“bag of feed”) – a bag of feed, hence livestock.
Alternatively, 玄 (“rope”) + 田 or 囿 (“pen; fold; enclosure”) – tying animals and raising them in the enclosure.

### Etymology

“To raise; to rear (an animal)” (*–k) > “domesticated animal; livestock” (*–k–s, exopassive: “what has been raised”). The various pronunciations in Old and Middle Chinese have been confused or merged in many extant dialects.
Etymology unknown. Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *hu (“to be born; birth; to rear”), and thus may be related to 好 (OC *qʰuːʔ, *qʰuːs, “good; to like”) (Matisoff). Alternatively, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kruŋ (“to live; alive; to be born; to give birth; green; sprout”), whence Tibetan འཁྲུང ('khrung, “to be born; to arise; to sprout”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Zhengzhang (2015) relates Tibetan ལུག (lug, “sheep”) to this word; this would be parallel to 羊 (OC *laŋ, “sheep”) ?~ 養 (OC *laŋʔ, *laŋs, “to rear”) (Sagart, 1999). In Sagart (1999), 畜 is related to 育 (OC *luɡ, “to nourish”) and 鞠 (OC *kuɡ, *kʰuɡ, *ɡuɡ, “to rear”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xù (xu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiuk
* Eastern Min (BUC): hé̤ṳk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeh$^6$ / hyeh$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiok / thiok
* Wu (Wugniu)
** (Northern): $^7$shioq / $^7$shiuq / $^7$tshoq / $^7$chioq
** (Jinhua): $^7$shioq; $^7$chioq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xù
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syù
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^4$
*** Yale: syù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiuh
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cuk$^1$
*** Yale: chūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiuk
*** Hakka Romanization System: hiug$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: hiug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /hi̯uk̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hé̤ṳk
*** Sinological IPA : /høyʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hyeh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hyøʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiok
*** Tâi-lô: hiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiog
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /hiɔk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiok
*** Tâi-lô: thiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiog
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɔk̚³²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chuansha, Suzhou, Kunshan, Yixing, Changzhou, Jingjiang, Tongxiang, Haining, Haiyan, Deqing, Hangzhou, Xiaoshan, Shaoxing)
*** Wugniu: $^7$shioq
*** MiniDict: shioh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$xioq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Jiading): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /çioʔ⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Chuansha): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɕioʔ⁴³/
*** Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Yixing): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Jingjiang): /ɕiɔʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Haining): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Haiyan): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Deqing): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /ɕyoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /ɕioʔ⁴⁵/
** (Northern: Shanghai, Cixi, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
*** Wugniu: $^7$shiuq
*** MiniDict: shiuih$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$xyq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕyɪʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Cixi): /ɕyeʔ⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ɕyəʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /ɕyɐʔ⁵⁵/
** (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Songjiang, Chongming, Chuansha, Suzhou, Kunshan, Yixing, Changzhou, Tongxiang, Haining, Deqing, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Cixi, Zhoushan)
*** Wugniu: $^7$tshoq
*** MiniDict: tshoh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$tshoq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /t͡sʰoʔ⁴⁴/
*** Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Chuansha): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰoʔ⁴³/
*** Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Yixing): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Haining): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Deqing): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡sʰoʔ⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Cixi): /t͡sʰoʔ⁴⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡sʰoʔ⁵⁵/
** (Northern: Jingjiang, Xiaoshan)
*** Wugniu: $^7$chioq
*** Sinological IPA (Jingjiang): /t͡ɕʰiɔʔ⁵⁵/
*** Sinological IPA (Xiaoshan): /t͡ɕʰyoʔ⁵⁵/
** (Jinhua)
*** Wugniu: $^7$shioq; $^7$chioq
*** Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /ɕioʔ⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕʰioʔ⁴⁴/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit畜 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰu²⁴/ 牲～ /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵³/ ～牲 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕy⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕy²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ɕy²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕy²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕy⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕy²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕiəu²¹³/ ～牧 |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕyo³¹/ /ɕy³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰu²¹/ ～牲 /ɕiu²¹/ 牲～ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕiu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʂuʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕyəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕyəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕyʌʔ¹³/ ～牧業 /t͡sʰuʌʔ¹³/ ～牲 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕyəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕioʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɕioʔ⁵/ ～牧 /t͡sʰoʔ⁵/ ～牲 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰoʔ⁵/ ～牲 /ɕioʔ⁵/ ～牧 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɕɤu²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕiuʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕʰiu⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕiəu²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕiəɯ²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiuʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hiuk̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /hiuk̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰok̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰuk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰok̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hiɔk̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /høyʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tʰy²⁴/ /xy²⁴/ 新 |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tʰiok̚²/ /tʰek̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sok̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: xjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 畜 |
| Reading # | 3/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 許竹切 |
| Baxter | xjuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /hɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /hiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xiuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /huwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /xiuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /xĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | huk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰuk/, /*qʰ<r>uk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hluɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 畜 | 畜 |
| Reading # | 4/4 | 2/4 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xù | chù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ xjuwk › | ‹ trhjuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰuk/ | /*qʰ<r>uk/ |
| English | nourish | store (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 | 畜 |
| Reading # | 3/3 |
| No. | 13997 |
| Phonetic component | 畜 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 蓄 |
| Old Chinese | /*hluɡ/ |

#### Definitions

畜
* to nourish; to raise; to rear
    From: 1934, 最新解勸盤賭歌
    kiê-é hiuk to pien vò-pit, chû-é pan kîn hiuk si liông [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
    The chickens were raised into sparrows, and the pigs were raised from half a catty to four taels
* to bring up; to nurture; to foster; to cultivate
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to submit; to obey; to comply
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to tolerate; to allow
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to keep; to house; to collect
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 蓄 (xù, “to store up; to accumulate”)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 慉 (“to like”)
* (dialectal, of a smell) to irritate one's respiratory organs
* a surname

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 飼, 養, 畜 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 養, 餵養, 飼養, 畜養 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 養 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 養 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 養 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 養 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 餵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 養 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 養 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 養 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 養 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 養, 分 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 養 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 養 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 養 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 養 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 養 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 供 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 養 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 養, 畜 |
| Hakka | Changting | 供 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 供, 畜 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 喂, 供 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 供 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 畜, 養 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 畜, 養 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 畜, 養 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 畜, 養 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 畜 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 供 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 養 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 養 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 供 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 養 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 飼 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 飼 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 飼 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 飼 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 養, 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 養 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 養 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 養, 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 養 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 養, 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 養, 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 飼 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 飼 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 飼, 養 fish |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 飼 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 飼 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 飼 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 飼 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 供 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 供 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 供 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 養 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 養 |
| Wu | Danyang | 養 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 養 |

#### Compounds

* 事畜
* 仰事俯畜
* 儋石之畜
* 小畜 (xiǎoxù)
* 牧畜 (mùxù)
* 畜牧 (xùmù)
* 畜牧場 / 畜牧场
* 畜牧學 / 畜牧学 (xùmùxué)
* 畜牧業 / 畜牧业 (xùmùyè)
* 畜產 / 畜产
* 畜積 / 畜积
* 畜養 / 畜养 (xùyǎng)
* 豕交獸畜 / 豕交兽畜

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chù (chu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhuk / hiuk
* Eastern Min (BUC): hé̤ṳk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): hoeh$^6$ / hyeh$^6$ / torh$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiok / hiok / thek / thiak
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tshoq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chù
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chù
*** Wade–Giles: chʻu$^4$
*** Yale: chù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh
*** Palladius: чу (ču)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cuk$^1$
*** Yale: chūk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cug$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhuk / hiuk
*** Hakka Romanization System: cug$^ˋ$ / hiug$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cug$^5$ / hiug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuk̚²/, /hi̯uk̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hé̤ṳk
*** Sinological IPA : /høyʔ²⁴/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hoeh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hœʔ¹/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: hyeh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hyøʔ²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: torh$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɒʔ²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiok
*** Tâi-lô: thiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiog
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɔk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiok
*** Tâi-lô: hiok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiog
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɔk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thek
*** Tâi-lô: thik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: teg
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪk̚³²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiak
*** Tâi-lô: thiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: tiag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiak̚⁵/
* thiok/hiok - literary;
* thek/thiak - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit畜 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʈ͡ʂʰu²⁴/ 牲～ /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵³/ ～牲 |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕy⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕy²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ɕy²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕy²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕy⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕy¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕy²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕiəu²¹³/ ～牧 |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕyo³¹/ /ɕy³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sʰu²¹/ ～牲 /ɕiu²¹/ 牲～ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕiu³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʂuʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕyəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕyəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕyʌʔ¹³/ ～牧業 /t͡sʰuʌʔ¹³/ ～牲 |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕyəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ɕioʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ɕioʔ⁵/ ～牧 /t͡sʰoʔ⁵/ ～牲 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰoʔ⁵/ ～牲 /ɕioʔ⁵/ ～牧 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ɕɤu²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɕiuʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕʰiu⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕiəu²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕiəɯ²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕiuʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /hiuk̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /hiuk̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sʰok̚⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sʰuk̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sʰok̚⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /hiɔk̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /høyʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /tʰy²⁴/ /xy²⁴/ 新 |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /tʰiok̚²/ /tʰek̚²/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sok̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: trhjuwH, xjuwH, trhjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 畜 | 畜 | 畜 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 4/4 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) | 曉 (32) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) | 尤 (136) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Departing (H) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 丑救切 | 許救切 | 丑六切 |
| Baxter | trhjuwH | xjuwH | trhjuwk |
| Reconstructions ||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰɨu$^H$/ | /hɨu$^H$/ | /ʈʰɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰiu$^H$/ | /hiu$^H$/ | /ʈʰiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiəu$^H$/ | /xiəu$^H$/ | /ȶʰiuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰuw$^H$/ | /huw$^H$/ | /ʈʰuwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰiu$^H$/ | /xiu$^H$/ | /ȶʰiuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰĭəu$^H$/ | /xĭəu$^H$/ | /ȶʰĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯ə̯u$^H$/ | /xi̯ə̯u$^H$/ | /ȶʰi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chòu | xiù | chu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^3$ | jau$^3$ | cuk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ<r>uk-s/, /*qʰuk-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰuɡs/, /*l̥ʰuɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 畜 | 畜 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 3/4 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chù | xù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ trhjuw$^H$ › | ‹ xjuw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰ<r>uk-s/ | /*qʰuk-s/ |
| English | domesticated animals | domestic animal |
| 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 | 畜 | 畜 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 2/3 |
| No. | 13988 | 13994 |
| Phonetic component | 畜 | 畜 |
| Rime group | 奧 | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 畜 | 蓄 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰuɡs/ | /*l̥ʰuɡ/ |
| Notes | | 甲金文從幺田， 原意系養田獵所獲幼獸 |

#### Definitions

畜
* livestock; domesticated animal; farm animal
    家畜 ― jiāchù ― domesticated animal
* creature; beast
    畜生 ― chùshēng ― beast, brute

#### Compounds

* 五畜
* 公畜 (gōngchù)
* 六畜 (liùchù)
* 六畜不安
* 力畜
* 孽畜
* 家畜 (jiāchù)
* 役畜
* 扁毛畜生
* 業畜 / 业畜
* 牧養納畜 / 牧养纳畜
* 牲畜 (shēngchù)
* 畜力 (chùlì)
* 畜圈
* 畜欄 / 畜栏 (chùlán)
* 畜牲
* 畜生
* 畜產 / 畜产
* 畜疫
* 畜肥
* 種畜 / 种畜
* 老畜生
* 耕畜 (gēngchù)
* 觸群 / 触群
* 造畜稠棧 / 造畜稠栈
* 鬼畜 (guǐchù)

### References

* “畜”, 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–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “畜”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 269.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* livestock
* domestic fowl and animals

#### Readings

* Go-on: ちく (chiku, Jōyō)、きく (kiku)
* Kan-on: ちく (chiku, Jōyō)、きく (kiku)
* Kun: たくわえる (takuwaeru, 畜える)、やしなう (yashinau, 畜う)、かう (kau, 畜う)

## Korean
### Hanja

畜 • (chuk, hyuk) (hangeul 축, 휵, revised chuk, hyuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk, hyuk, Yale chwuk, hyuk)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

畜: Hán Nôm readings: súc, húc, sục

### Noun

畜
* chữ Hán form of súc (“livestock”).

#### References

* Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
* Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
* Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999