# 鄒

| 鄒 | U+9112, &#37138; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9112 |
| ← 鄑 [U+9111] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鄓 → [U+9113] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鄒 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 心山弓中 (PUNL), four-corner 2742$_7$, composition ⿰芻阝)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1275, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39562
* Dae Jaweon: page 1774, character 30
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3789, character 10
* Unihan data for U+9112

## Chinese

* 鄒 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 鄒 (Cantonese)
* 鄒姓 (Gan)
* Chau (sèⁿ) (Southern Min)

### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鄒 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 煼 | *sʰroːʔ |
| 謅 | *sʰroːʔ, *ʔsru, *sʰru |
| 縐 | *sʰroːs, *ʔsrus |
| 鄒 | *ʔsru |
| 騶 | *ʔsru |
| 搊 | *ʔsruʔ, *sʰru, *ʔsro |
| 皺 | *ʔsrus |
| 篘 | *sʰru |
| 㑳 | *zrus, *ʔsro, *rnuːb |
| 趍 | *sʰlo, *l'al |
| 趨 | *sʰlo |
| 芻 | *sʰro |
| 犓 | *sʰro |
| 雛 | *zro |
| 鶵 | *zro |
| 媰 | *zro |
| 齺 | *zroːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ʔsru): phonetic 芻 (OC *sʰro) + semantic 邑 (“city; state”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zōu (zou$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄗㄡ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zau$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chêu
    (Hailu, HRS): zeu$^ˋ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): zêu$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): cĕu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieo$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chau
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zou$^1$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tseu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zōu
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄡ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zou
*** Wade–Giles: tsou$^1$
*** Yale: dzōu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzou
*** Palladius: цзоу (czou)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡soʊ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zau$^1$
*** Yale: jāu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzau$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeo$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chêu
*** Hakka Romanization System: zeu$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zeu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡seu̯²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: zeu$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡seu⁵³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: zêu$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡seu⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cĕu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛu⁵⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zieo$^1$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ca̤u
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sieu⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chau
*** Tâi-lô: tsau
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zaw
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sau³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sau⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zou$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsou
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sou³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tseu
*** MiniDict: tseu$^平$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tseu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sɤ⁵³/
* Middle Chinese: tsrjuw
Rime :
| Character | 鄒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 側鳩切 |
| Baxter | tsrjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂuw/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃiu/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂi̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhōu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zau$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsru/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 鄒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 1593 |
| Phonetic component | 芻 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鄒 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsru/ |

### Definitions

鄒
* (historical) Zou (an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty)
* (～族) Tsou (a Taiwanese aborigine ethnic group, borrowed from Tsou Cou)
* a surname
    鄒至蕙／邹至蕙 [Cantonese] ― zau$^1$ zi$^3$ wai$^6$ [Jyutping] ― Olivia Chow (Canadian politician born in Hong Kong)

### Compounds

* 鄒人 / 邹人 (zōurén)
* 鄒城 / 邹城 (Zōuchéng, “Zoucheng”)
* 鄒族 / 邹族 (Zōuzú)
* 鄒灣 / 邹湾 (Zōuwān)
* 鄒纓齊紫 / 邹缨齐紫
* 鄒語 / 邹语 (Zōuyǔ)
* 鄒郭 / 邹郭 (Zōuguō)
* 鄒魯 / 邹鲁
* 鄒魯遺風 / 邹鲁遗风

#### Descendants

* → English: Tsou, Zou

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅ (shu)、しゅう (shū)
* Kan-on: すう (sū)

## Korean
### Hanja

鄒 (eum 추 (chu))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

鄒: Hán Nôm readings: trâu
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