# 淑

| 淑 | U+6DD1, &#28113; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DD1 |
| ← 淐 [U+6DD0] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 淒 → [U+6DD2] |

## Translingual
### Han character

淑 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜火水 (EYFE), four-corner 3714$_0$, composition ⿰氵叔)

#### Derived characters

* 蔋, 𫳺

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 629, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17634
* Dae Jaweon: page 1031, character 14
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1647, character 5
* Unihan data for U+6DD1

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 淑
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal 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 *ɦljɯwɢ): semantic 氵 + phonetic 叔 (OC *hljɯwɢ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shū, shú
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ, ㄕㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): suk$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): siuk / suk
    (Meixian, Guangdong): sug$^5$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sé̤ṳk
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): siok
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sog$^4$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zoq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shū
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shu
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^1$
*** Yale: shū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu⁵⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shú
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shú
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^2$
*** Yale: shú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: suk$^6$
*** Yale: suhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: suk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /sʊk̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siuk / suk
*** Hakka Romanization System: xiug$^ˋ$ / sug$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xiug$^5$ / sug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /si̯uk̚²/, /suk̚²/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: sug$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /sʊk̚¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sé̤ṳk
*** Sinological IPA : /søyʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siok
*** Tâi-lô: siok
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siog
*** IPA (Xiamen): /siɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔk̚⁵/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɔk̚³²/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sog$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sok
*** Sinological IPA : /sok̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$zoq
*** MiniDict: zoh$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$zoq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zoʔ¹²/
* Middle Chinese: dzyuwk
Rime :
| Character | 淑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 屋 (4) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 殊六切 |
| Baxter | dzyuwk |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑɨuk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiuk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑiuk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑuwk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiuk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭuk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯uk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | suk$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]iwk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɦljɯwɢ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 淑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shū |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzyuwk › |
| Old Chinese | /*[d]iwk/ |
| English | fine, good |
| 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 | 淑 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11756 |
| Phonetic component | 尗 |
| Rime group | 覺 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 熟 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɦljɯwɢ/ |

### Definitions

淑
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) limpid; clear; pure
* kind-hearted; virtuous; good
* charming; beautiful; fair

### Compounds

* 不淑
* 名門淑女 / 名门淑女 (míngménshūnǚ)
* 嫻淑 / 娴淑
* 朱淑真
* 毛施淑姿
* 淑世
* 淑人
* 淑人君子
* 淑化
* 淑問 / 淑问
* 淑善君子 (shū shàn jūnzǐ)
* 淑均 (shūjūn)
* 淑女 (shūnǚ)
* 淑姿
* 淑媛
* 淑尤
* 淑弟
* 淑德
* 淑性
* 淑慎
* 淑慝殊途
* 淑懿
* 淑教流徽
* 淑景
* 淑氣 / 淑气
* 淑清
* 淑範 / 淑范
* 淑美
* 淑胤
* 淑郁
* 私淑
* 窈窕淑女 (yǎotiǎoshūnǚ)
* 貞懿賢淑 / 贞懿贤淑
* 貞淑 / 贞淑 (zhēnshū)
* 賢淑 / 贤淑 (xiánshū)
* 遇人不淑 (yùrénbùshū)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)
* graceful
* gentle
* pure

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゅく (juku)
* Kan-on: しゅく (shuku, Jōyō)
* Kun: しとやか (shitoyaka, 淑やか)、よい (yoi, 淑い)
* Nanori: すく (suku)、とし (toshi)、よし (yoshi)

## Korean
### Hanja

淑 • (suk) (hangeul 숙, revised suk, McCune–Reischauer suk, Yale swuk)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

淑: Hán Nôm readings: thục
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#### References

* Nom Foundation