# 衄

| 衄 | U+8844, &#34884; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8844 |
| ← 衃 [U+8843] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 衅 → [U+8845] |

## Translingual
### Han character

衄 (Kangxi radical 143, 血+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿弓土 (HTNG), four-corner 2711$_5$, composition ⿰血丑)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1107, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33973
* Dae Jaweon: page 1569, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3051, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8844

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 峱 | *nuː |
| 紐 | *nuʔ |
| 扭 | *nuʔ, *tnuʔ |
| 狃 | *nuʔ, *nus |
| 鈕 | *nuʔ |
| 忸 | *nuʔ, *nuɡ |
| 杻 | *nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ |
| 莥 | *nuʔ |
| 羞 | *snu |
| 丑 | *n̥ʰuʔ |
| 沑 | *njuʔ, *nuɡ |
| 粈 | *njuʔ |
| 衄 | *nuɡ, *njuɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nuɡ, *njuɡ): semantic 血 (“blood”) + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ).

### Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-na ~ s-naːr (“nose”); see there for more discussion.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): nǜ (nü$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): nuk$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: nǜ
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: nyù
*** Wade–Giles: nü$^4$
*** Yale: nyù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niuh
*** Palladius: нюй (njuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ny⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: nuk$^6$
*** Yale: nuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: nuk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: nug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /nʊk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: nyuwk, nrjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 衄 | 衄 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) | 娘 (12) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 如六切 | 女六切 |
| Baxter | nyuwk | nrjuwk |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵɨuk̚/ | /ɳɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵiuk̚/ | /ɳiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑiuk̚/ | /niuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵuwk̚/ | /ɳuwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵiuk̚/ | /niuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑĭuk̚/ | /nĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi̯uk̚/ | /ni̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | rù | nù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | juk$^6$ | nuk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*nuɡ/, /*njuɡ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 衄 | 衄 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 1532 | 1534 |
| Phonetic component | 丑 | 丑 |
| Rime group | 覺 | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 肭 | 肉 |
| Old Chinese | /*nuɡ/ | /*njuɡ/ |

### Definitions

衄
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to have a nosebleed
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, by extension) to bleed (from any body part)
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be defeated
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to shrink; to cower
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to insult; to humiliate; to shame

### Compounds

* 傷夷折衄 / 伤夷折衄
* 傾衄 / 倾衄
* 內衄 / 内衄
* 大衄
* 奔衄
* 挫衄
* 摧衄
* 敗衄 / 败衄
* 朘衄
* 沮衄
* 祝衄
* 經行吐衄 / 经行吐衄
* 縮衄 / 缩衄
* 耳衄
* 肌衄
* 虧衄 / 亏衄
* 衄折
* 衄挫
* 衄然
* 衄痍
* 衄蔑
* 衄血
* 退衄
* 鼻衄 (bínǜ)
* 鼽衄
* 齒衄 / 齿衄

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): じく (jiku)
* Kun: はなぢ (hanaji)

## Korean
### Hanja

衄 • (nyuk>yuk) (hangeul 뉵>육, revised nyuk>yuk, McCune–Reischauer nyuk>yuk, Yale nyuk>yuk)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

衄: Hán Nôm readings: nục, nốc
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