# 妯

| 妯 | U+59AF, &#22959; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-59AF |
| ← 妮 [U+59AE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 妰 → [U+59B0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

妯 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女中田 (VLW), four-corner 4546$_0$, composition ⿰女由)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 257, character 16
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6125
* Dae Jaweon: page 522, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1037, character 3
* Unihan data for U+59AF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 袖 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 岫 | *ljɯwɢs |
| 牰 | *ljɯwɢs, *lɯwɢs |
| 抽 | *l̥ʰɯw |
| 妯 | *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 紬 | *l'ɯw |
| 怞 | *l'ɯw |
| 鮋 | *l'ɯw, *ɦljɯw, *lɯw |
| 菗 | *rlɯw |
| 宙 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 胄 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 冑 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 伷 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 駎 | *l'ɯwɢs |
| 油 | *lɯw, *lɯwɢs |
| 由 | *lɯw |
| 蚰 | *lɯw |
| 秞 | *lɯw |
| 邮 | *lɯw |
| 釉 | *lɯwɢs |
| 柚 | *lɯwɢs, *l'ɯwɢ |
| 鼬 | *lɯwɢs |
| 苖 | *l'ɯːwɢ, *l̥ʰɯwɢ |
| 笛 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 迪 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 頔 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 軸 | *l'ɯwɢ |
| 舳 | *l'ɯwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰɯw, *l'ɯwɢ): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 由 (OC *lɯw).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhóu, zhú (zhou$^2$, zhu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˊ, ㄓㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk$^6$ / suk$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, vernacular)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhóu
*** Wade–Giles: chou$^2$
*** Yale: jóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jour
*** Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, literary)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhú
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhú
*** Wade–Giles: chu$^2$
*** Yale: jú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwu
*** Palladius: чжу (čžu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zuk$^6$ / suk$^6$
*** Yale: juhk / suhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk$^9$ / suk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zug$^6$ / sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊk̚²/, /sʊk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: drjuwk
Rime :
| Character | 妯 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 澄 (11) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 直六切 |
| Baxter | drjuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɖɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɖiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȡiuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɖuwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ȡiuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ȡĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȡʱi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zuk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯwɢ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 妯 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 15542 |
| Phonetic component | 由 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 逐 |
| Old Chinese | /*l'ɯwɢ/ |

#### Definitions

妯
* Only used in 妯娌 (zhóuli).

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chōu (chou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cau$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chou
*** Wade–Giles: chʻou$^1$
*** Yale: chōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chou
*** Palladius: чоу (čou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cau$^1$
*** Yale: chāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ceo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: trhjuw
Rime :
| Character | 妯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 徹 (10) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 丑鳩切 |
| Baxter | trhjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʈʰɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈʰiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȶʰiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈʰuw/ |
| Li Rong | /ȶʰiu/ |
| Wang Li | /ȶʰĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȶʰi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰɯw/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 妯 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 15514 |
| Phonetic component | 由 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 抽 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰɯw/ |

#### Definitions

妯
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to move; to be agitated; to not be tranquil
       From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
       Gǔzhōng fá gāo, Huái yǒu sān zhōu, yōuxīn qiě chōu. [Pinyin]
       His bells ring out, his large drums resound, There are the three islands in the Huai; Sad is my heart and moved.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū)、じく (jiku)、ろく (roku)、とく (toku)、どく (doku)
* Kun: あいよめ (aiyome)、うごく (ugoku)、さわぐ (sawagu)、いたむ (itamu)

## Korean
### Hanja

妯 • (chuk) (hangeul 축, revised chuk, McCune–Reischauer ch'uk)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

妯: Hán Nôm readings: dâu, chục, trục
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