# 痟

| 痟 | U+75DF, &#30175; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-75DF |
| ← 痞 [U+75DE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 痠 → [U+75E0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

痟 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 大火月 (KFB), four-corner 0012$_7$, composition ⿸疒肖)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 774, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22208
* Dae Jaweon: page 1184, character 16
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2675, character 2
* Unihan data for U+75DF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 痟
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 梢 | *sreːw |
| 捎 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 筲 | *sreːw |
| 鞘 | *sreːw, *slewɢs |
| 艄 | *sreːw |
| 蛸 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 髾 | *sreːw |
| 輎 | *sreːw |
| 旓 | *sreːw |
| 弰 | *sreːw |
| 鮹 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 綃 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 颵 | *sreːw |
| 莦 | *sreːw, *sew |
| 娋 | *sreːw, *sreːws |
| 稍 | *sreːws |
| 哨 | *sreːws, *sʰews, *sew |
| 揱 | *sreːwɢs, *slew, *sreːwɢ |
| 潲 | *sreːws |
| 睄 | *sreːws |
| 悄 | *sʰewʔ |
| 俏 | *sʰews |
| 峭 | *sʰews |
| 陗 | *sʰews |
| 帩 | *sʰews |
| 誚 | *zews |
| 消 | *sew |
| 宵 | *sew |
| 霄 | *sew |
| 硝 | *sew |
| 銷 | *sew |
| 逍 | *sew |
| 魈 | *sew |
| 痟 | *slew |
| 焇 | *sew |
| 肖 | *slew, *slews |
| 韒 | *slewɢs |
| 趙 | *l'ewʔ |
| 箾 | *seːw, *sleːw |
| 踃 | *seːw |
| 削 | *slewɢ |
| 矟 | *sreːwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *slew): semantic 疒 (“sickness”) + phonetic 肖 (OC *slew, *slews).

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiāo (xiao$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): siu$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siao$^1$ / siou$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiāo
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siao
*** Wade–Giles: hsiao$^1$
*** Yale: syāu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiau
*** Palladius: сяо (sjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: siu$^1$
*** Yale: sīu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: siu$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xiu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːu̯⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau
*** Tâi-lô: siau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siao$^1$ / siou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siau / siou
*** Sinological IPA : /siau³³/, /siou³³/
* Middle Chinese: sjew
Rime :
| Character | 痟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 宵 (91) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 相邀切 |
| Baxter | sjew |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /siᴇu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /siɛu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sjæu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /siaw/ |
| Li Rong | /siɛu/ |
| Wang Li | /sĭɛu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /si̯ɛu/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xiāo |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | siu$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*slew/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 痟 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13750 |
| Phonetic component | 肖 |
| Rime group | 宵 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 宵 |
| Old Chinese | /*slew/ |

#### Definitions

痟
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) headache
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Short for 消渴病 (“diabetes”).
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to decline; to wane

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sieo$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siáu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siao$^2$ / siou$^2$
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬieu⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sieo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬieu³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu
*** Tâi-lô: siáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siao
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siau⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: siao$^2$ / siou$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siáu / sióu
*** Sinological IPA : /siau⁵²/, /siou⁵²/

#### Definitions

痟 (Southern Min, Puxian Min)
* insane; mad
* to be in heat
* to be engrossed; to be absorbed

##### Usage notes

Often code-mixed into Singapore English and Mandarin.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 痴, 狂, 癲 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 瘋, 狂, 瘋癲, 瘋狂 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 瘋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 瘋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 神經病, 有毛病 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 痴 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 瘋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 瘋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 瘋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 八面威, 八面 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 瘋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 癲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 瘋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 癲, 黐線, 黐筋, 黐孖筋, short |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 癲, 黐線, 黐筋, 黐孖筋, 黐膠花, short, 黐總掣, 黐大掣 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 癲, 黐線 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 癲, 黐線 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 癲, 黐線 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 瘋 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 癲 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 癲, 癲脬 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 痟, 魔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 癲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 痟 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 痟神 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 發痟 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 發痟 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 痟 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 痟 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 痴 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 痴 |
| Wu | Danyang | 瘋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 瘋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 癲 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 癲 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 瘋 |

#### Compounds

* 佯痟
* 假痟
* 痟亂 / 痟乱
* 痟人
* 痟仔無縛尾 / 痟仔无缚尾
* 痟入
* 痟六六
* 痟公子
* 痟出
* 痟叮噹 / 痟叮当
* 痟噹噹 / 痟当当
* 痟囝
* 痟尾風吹 / 痟尾风吹
* 痟狂
* 痟狗
* 痟狗母
* 痟狗湧 / 痟狗涌
* 痟狗症
* 痟狗舂墓壙 / 痟狗舂墓圹 (siáu káu cheng bōng-khòng) (Min Nan)
* 痟狗草
* 痟痟
* 痟痟六六
* 痟的
* 痟神
* 痟話 / 痟话
* 痟貓 / 痟猫
* 痟貓面 / 痟猫面
* 痟貪 / 痟贪
* 痟顛顛 / 痟颠颠
* 痟風 / 痟风
* 練痟話 / 练痟话
* 裝痟的 / 装痟的
* 起痟

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B02763
* “痟”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “痟”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 487.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): しょう (shō)
* Kun: ずつう (zutsū)