# 俶

| 俶 | U+4FF6, &#20470; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FF6 |
| ← 俵 [U+4FF5] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 俷 → [U+4FF7] |

## Translingual
### Han character

俶 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人卜火水 (OYFE), four-corner 2724$_0$, composition ⿰亻叔)

#### Derived characters

* 𦵦

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 106, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 732
* Dae Jaweon: page 226, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 175, character 1
* Unihan data for U+4FF6

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 俶
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
* Small seal scripts05727
* References:
* Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:
* Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
* Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
* Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
* Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
| | Old Chinese |
| 椒 | *ʔsliw |
| 茮 | *ʔsliw |
| 踧 | *l'ɯːwɢ, *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 蔋 | *l'ɯːwɢ |
| 惄 | *nɯːwɢ |
| 戚 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 慼 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 鏚 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 慽 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 磩 | *sʰlɯːwɢ |
| 寂 | *zlɯːwɢ |
| 嘁 | *ʔsluːb |
| 墄 | *sʰlɯːɡ |
| 摵 | *srɯːɡ, *ʔslɯwɢ, *srɯwɢ |
| 督 | *ʔl'uːwɢ |
| 錖 | *ʔl'uːwɢ |
| 裻 | *ʔl'uːwɢ, *sluːwɢ |
| 傶 | *ʔslɯːwɢ |
| 蹙 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 槭 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 縬 | *ʔslɯwɢ, *ʔsrɯwɢ |
| 顣 | *ʔslɯwɢ |
| 敊 | *l̥ʰɯwɢ |
| 琡 | *ʔljɯwɢ, *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 俶 | *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 埱 | *l̥ʰjɯwɢ |
| 淑 | *ɦljɯwɢ |
| 婌 | *ɦljɯwɢ |
| 尗 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 叔 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 掓 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 菽 | *hljɯwɢ |
| 鮛 | *hljɯwɢ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰjɯwɢ): semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 叔 (OC *hljɯwɢ).

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chù (chu$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk$^1$
* 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/
* Middle Chinese: tsyhuwk
Rime :
| Character | 俶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 昌 (24) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 昌六切 |
| Baxter | tsyhuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕʰɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕʰiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕʰiuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cʰuwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕʰiuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕʰĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /t͡ɕʰi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | chu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cuk$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰuk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰjɯwɢ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 俶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | chù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyhuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*tʰuk/ |
| English | commence |
| 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 | 俶 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11753 |
| Phonetic component | 尗 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 俶 |
| Old Chinese | /*l̥ʰjɯwɢ/ |

#### Definitions

俶
* Original form of 淑 (shū, “good, nice, beautiful”).
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) first; in the beginning; initially
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to arrange; to put in order
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to build; to move
* (literary, obsolete) (of solid dimensions) thick
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 諔 / 𰵴 (“strange, odd”)
* (literary) suddenly, abruptly
    Synonym: 倏

#### Compounds

* 保俶塔
* 俶亂 / 俶乱
* 俶奇
* 俶建
* 俶成
* 俶擾 / 俶扰
* 俶爾 / 俶尔 (chù'ěr)
* 俶獻 / 俶献
* 俶祜
* 俶落
* 俶裝 / 俶装
* 俶詭 / 俶诡
* 俶載 / 俶载
* 俶辰
* 俶遷 / 俶迁
* 俶靈 / 俶灵

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tì (ti$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tik$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tì
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tì
*** Wade–Giles: tʻi$^4$
*** Yale: tì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
*** Palladius: ти (ti)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tik$^1$
*** Yale: tīk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tik$^7$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tig$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɪk̚⁵/

#### Definitions

俶
* Only used in 俶儻／俶傥, alternative form of 倜儻 / 倜傥 (tìtǎng)

### References

* 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “俶”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B00098

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅく (shuku)、ちゃく (chaku)
* Kan-on: しゅく (shuku)、てき (teki)
* Kun: よい (yoi)、はじめ (hajime)
* Nanori: あつし (atsushi)、とし (toshi)、はじめ (hajime)、ひで (hide)

## Korean
### Hanja

俶 • (suk, cheok) (hangeul 숙, 척, revised suk, cheok, McCune–Reischauer suk, ch'ŏk)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

俶: Hán Nôm readings: thích, thục
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### References

* Nom Foundation