# 酋

| 酋 | U+914B, &#37195; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-914B |
| ← 酊 [U+914A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 酌 → [U+914C] |

## Translingual
### Han character

酋 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 廿金田一 (TCWM), four-corner 8060$_1$, composition ⿱丷酉 or ⿱八酉)

#### Derived characters

* 尊, 奠, 蠤, 猶, 猷, 偤, 崷, 揂, 楢, 煪, 遒, 緧, 蝤, 趥, 輶, 媨, 湭, 禉, 鰌, 鞧, 㥢, 㻥, 䠓, 𥂝, 𨩊, 㷕

#### Usage notes

* There is regional variation in the first two strokes of the character:
** In mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, they are written as 丷 according to the modern standards.
** In Japan and Korea, they are written as 八 due to the incorrect copying of Han Chinese script from the Tang Dynasty by scholars from Jo-seon Dynasty.

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1280, character 5
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39765
* Dae Jaweon: page 1779, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3572, character 4
* Unihan data for U+914B

## 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 |
Pictogram (象形): Some exposed liquid (八) above an alcohol vessel (酉). See also 酒.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qiú (qiu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): siù
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhiû / iû / siû
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iu$^5$ / ciu$^5$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$zhieu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
*** Wade–Giles: chʻiu$^2$
*** Yale: chyóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
*** Palladius: цю (cju)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^4$
*** Yale: yàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siù
*** Sinological IPA : /sieu⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiû
*** Tâi-lô: tshiû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: chiuu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiu¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
*** Tâi-lô: iû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /iu²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siû
*** Tâi-lô: siû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siuu
*** IPA (Taipei): /siu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iu$^5$ / ciu$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû / tshiû
*** Sinological IPA : /iu⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$zhieu
*** MiniDict: zhieu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$xxieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiɤ²³/
* Middle Chinese: dzjuw
Rime :
| Character | 酋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 自秋切 |
| Baxter | dzjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ziu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ziəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zuw/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziu/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qiú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*m-tsu/
    (Zhengzhang): /*sɡlu/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 酋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qiú |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzjuw › |
| Old Chinese | /*m-tsu/ |
| English | wine-master |
| 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 | 酋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15559 |
| Phonetic component | 酉 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 酋 |
| Old Chinese | /*sɡlu/ |
| Notes | 酉轉註字 |

### Definitions

酋
* chief of a tribe, chieftain
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) superintendent of the preparation of liquors

#### Compounds

* 大酋
* 敵酋 / 敌酋
* 酋矛
* 酋酋
* 酋長 / 酋长 (qiúzhǎng)
* 酋長制度 / 酋长制度
* 酋長岩 / 酋长岩 (Qiúchángyán)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* chief, leader

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゅ (ju)
* Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
* Kun: おさ (osa, 酋)、かしら (kashira, 酋)

#### Derived terms

* 酋長 (shūchō)

## Korean
### Hanja

酋 • (chu) (hangeul 추, revised chu, McCune–Reischauer ch'u, Yale chwu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

酋: Hán Nôm readings: tù
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