# 鼠

| 鼠 | U+9F20, &#40736; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F20 |
| ← 鼟 [U+9F1F] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 鼡 → [U+9F21] |
| ⿏ | U+2FCF, &#12239; KANGXI RADICAL RAT |
| ← ⿎ [U+2FCE] | Kangxi Radicals | ⿐ → [U+2FD0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

鼠 (Kangxi radical 208, 鼠+0, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹難女卜女 (HXVYV), four-corner 7771$_7$, composition ⿱臼⿲⿺𠄌⺀⿺𠄌⺀㇂(GJK) or ⿱臼⿲⿺𠄌𠄠⿺𠄌𠄠㇂(HT))
* Kangxi radical #208, ⿏.

#### Derived characters

* Appendix:Chinese radical/鼠
* 𠏙, 𤢡, 𣜌, 𦡔, 𥣅, 𧒑, 𨭿, 竄, 𩯡, 癙

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1527, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48390
* Dae Jaweon: page 2063, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4772, character 1
* Unihan data for U+9F20

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 鼠 :
| Shang | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 鼠 | *hljaʔ |
| 癙 | *hljaʔ |
Pictogram (象形) – a mouse or rat. In the seal script form, which is inherited in the regular script, the upper component resembling 臼 (jiù) represents the open mouth of a rat with teeth displayed, and the lower component represents the two feet of a rat on the left and a tail on the right.

### Etymology

Unclear. Schuessler (2007) reconstructs the Minimal Old Chinese as *nhaʔ (homophonous to 癙 (OC *nhaʔ) "painful, suffering", which is in the same phonetic series and may be related to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *na-n/t (“ill, pain, sore, ache, difficult, evil spirit”)) and compares to the following:
* Nyah Kur [script needed] (hnáaʔ, “small squirrel; tree shrew”);
* Proto-Mon-Khmer *kn₁(i)ʔ (“rat; mouse”): Old Mon kni' > Mon ဂၞိ (nɔeˀ), Proto-Bahnaric *knɛː;
* Proto-Kam-Sui *hnu³ (“rat”): Southern Kam not, Sui hnoc.
STEDT, on the other hand, compares 鼠 (OC *hljaʔ) to Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b-jəw-n (“rat; rabbit; hare”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): shǔ (shu$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): su$^3$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): чў (čw, II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syu$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): si$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): xy$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhú
    (Hailu, HRS): chu$^ˊ$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): cu$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): su$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): chṳ̌
* Eastern Min (BUC): chṳ̄
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): cy$^3$ / sy$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chhú / chhír / chhí / sú / sír / sí
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ce$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$tshy
* Xiang
    (Changsha, Wiktionary): xy$^3$
    (Hengyang, Wiktionary): sui$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^3$
*** Yale: shǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: su$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: su
*** Sinological IPA : /su⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: чў (čw, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^2$
*** Yale: syú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /syː³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: si$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /si⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: xy$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhú
*** Hakka Romanization System: cu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: cu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: chu$^ˊ$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡ʃʰu²⁴/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: cu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: su$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /su⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chṳ̌
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰy²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: chṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰy³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cy$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: chṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰy⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: cy$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰy³³²/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sy$^3$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬy⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sy$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬy³³²/
* cy3 - vernacular;
* sy3 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit鼠 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂu²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʂu²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʂu¹³/ /su¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʂu⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʃu⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʂu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /fu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /fv̩⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵³/ /ʂu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /p͡fʰu⁴⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕy⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /su⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /su⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʈ͡ʂʰu²⁴/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /su⁵³/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /sz̩ʷ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /su⁵³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡sʰz̩³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡sʰz̩ʷ⁵¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sʰz̩ʷ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sʰei³⁵/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕʰy³⁵/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕʰy³¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ɕy⁴¹/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ɕy⁵⁵/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɕy²¹³/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰu³¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /tʃʰu³¹/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /sy³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /sy³⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /sy³⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /su⁵³/ /t͡sʰu⁵³/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sʰy³²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sʰy²¹/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰɯ⁵³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /siu²¹³/ |
* Middle Chinese: syoX
Rime :
| Character | 鼠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 書 (26) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 舒吕切 |
| Baxter | syoX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɕɨʌ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɕiɔ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɕiɔ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɕɨə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɕiɔ$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɕĭo$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ɕi̯wo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥]aʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*hljaʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 鼠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | shǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ syo$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[l̥]aʔ/ |
| English | rat |
| 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 | 鼠 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11801 |
| Phonetic component | 鼠 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | |
| Old Chinese | /*hljaʔ/ |

### Definitions

鼠
* rat; mouse; any member of the superfamily Muroidea, rodent
    老鼠 ― lǎoshǔ ― mouse, rat
* Rat (first of the Chinese zodiac signs)
    我屬鼠。／我属鼠。 ― Wǒ shǔ shǔ. ― My zodiac sign is the Rat.
* (traditional Chinese medicine) scrofula; scrofulous
* (Cantonese) to sneak; to go stealthily
    佢鼠走咗。 [Cantonese] ― keoi$^5$ syu$^2$ zau$^2$ zo$^2$. [Jyutping] ― He sneaked away.

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鼠 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老鼠 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 鼠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 老鼠, 米奇 colloquial |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 老鼠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 老鼠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 老鼠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 老鼠 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 耗子, 土耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuncheng | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wenxi | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yongji | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jixian | 老鼠, 圪老夜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Huozhou | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老鼠, 老蟲, 耗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 老鼠子, 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 老鼠子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 老鼠, 高大爹 dated, euphemistic, 客人 dated, euphemistic |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 老鼠, 老鼠子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 老鼠子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老鼠, 小耳朵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 老鼠, 老鼠子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 老鼠, 老鼠子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 老鼠, 高客 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老鼠, 米奇 colloquial |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 老鼠 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老鼠, 財神 euphemistic |
| Gan | Pengze | 老鼠 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老鼠 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老鼠子, 老鼠 |
| Gan | Liuyang | 老鼠哩 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老鼠, 老鼠仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 老鼠, 老鼠仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 老鼠, 尖支鬼 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 了猬 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 老鼠仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 老鼠仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老鼠, 老鼠仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 老鼠, 尖嘴 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 老伯 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老鼠, 𪕸兒, 耗子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 毛𪕸兒, 老鼠 |
| Jin | Qingxu | 毛𪕸兒, 𪕸兒 |
| Jin | Loufan | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Jinzhong (Taigu) | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 𪕸兒 |
| Jin | Heshun | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Qixian | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 耗子 |
| Jin | Datong | 耗子 |
| Jin | Tianzhen | 耗子 |
| Jin | Guangling | 耗子 |
| Jin | Suozhou | 耗子 |
| Jin | Shanyin | 耗子 |
| Jin | Pingding | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 𪕸兒, 耗子 |
| Jin | Wutai | 𪕸子, 耗子 |
| Jin | Daixian | 耗子 |
| Jin | Wuzhai | 耗子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 老鼠, 𪕸兒, 旮旯兒家 |
| Jin | Shilou | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Fenyang | 𪕸兒, 毛𪕸兒 |
| Jin | Lanxian | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Linxian | 旮旯家 |
| Jin | Wenshui | 𪕸兒 |
| Jin | Xiaoyi | 𪕸兒 |
| Jin | Fenxi | 旮旯裡家 |
| Jin | Xixian | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 老鼠, 耗子, 老耗子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 耗子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Pingshun | 老耗子 |
| Jin | Zhangzi | 老耗子 |
| Jin | Qinxian | 旮旯家 |
| Jin | Jincheng | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Lingchuan | 缸旮旯 |
| Jin | Yangcheng | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Gaoping | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Jining | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Baotou | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Handan | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Suide | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Shenmu | 老鼠 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老鼠 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 老鼠 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 老鼠 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 老鼠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 老鼠, 尖尖喙 euphemistic |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 老鼠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 老鼠 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 老鼠 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鳥鼠, 鼠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 老鼠, 鼠 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鳥鼠, 鼠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鳥鼠, 鳥鼠仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鳥鼠仔, 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 鼠母 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 貓鼠, 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 貓鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 廬鼠 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 老鼠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 老鼠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 老鼠 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 老鼠子 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 老鼠 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 老蟲, 老鼠 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 老鼠, 老蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 老鼠, 老蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老鼠, 老蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老蟲, 老鼠, 夜裡大人 humorous |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 老鼠, 老蟲 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Changshu | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Liyang | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Yixing | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Danyang | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 老鼠, 老蟲 |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 老鼠 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老鼠子, 高客 dated, euphemistic, 高客子 dated, euphemistic |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 老鼠子 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 老鼠子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 老鼠子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 老鼠子, 高客 euphemistic |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 老鼠子, 耗子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 老鼠 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 鼠, 老鼠 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 老鼠 |

### Compounds

* 二鼠
* 五技鼠
* 人與鼠 / 人与鼠
* 以狸餌鼠 / 以狸饵鼠
* 以貍至鼠 / 以狸至鼠
* 以貍致鼠 / 以狸致鼠
* 以貍餌鼠 / 以狸饵鼠
* 仙鼠
* 偃鼠
* 偃鼠飲河 / 偃鼠饮河
* 兩鼠鬥穴 / 两鼠斗穴
* 劫鼠倉 / 劫鼠仓
* 十鼠同穴
* 十鼠爭穴 / 十鼠争穴
* 卻鼠刀 / 却鼠刀
* 唐鼠
* 嗛鼠
* 器鼠難投 / 器鼠难投
* 土撥鼠 / 土拨鼠 (tǔbōshǔ)
* 地拍鼠
* 地老鼠
* 城狐社鼠
* 大袋鼠
* 天竺鼠 (tiānzhúshǔ)
* 天鼠
* 奉頭鼠竄 / 奉头鼠窜
* 奚鼠
* 姬鼠
* 孤豚腐鼠
* 孤雛腐鼠 / 孤雏腐鼠
* 家鼠 (jiāshǔ)
* 小袋鼠 (xiǎodàishǔ, “wallaby, joey”)
* 屋鼠
* 山老鼠 (shānlǎoshǔ)
* 巢鼠
* 懷鼠 / 怀鼠
* 投鼠
* 投鼠之忌
* 投鼠忌器 (tóushǔjìqì)
* 拖腸鼠 / 拖肠鼠
* 抱頭鼠竄 / 抱头鼠窜 (bàotóu-shǔcuàn)
* 拱鼠
* 捕鼠器 (bǔshǔqì, “mousetrap”)
* 捉鼠拿貓 / 捉鼠拿猫
* 掘室求鼠
* 掉頭鼠竄 / 掉头鼠窜
* 捧頭鼠竄 / 捧头鼠窜
* 擲鼠 / 掷鼠
* 擲鼠忌器 / 掷鼠忌器
* 文鼠
* 旅鼠 (lǚshǔ)
* 易腸鼠 / 易肠鼠
* 昌鼠
* 松鼠 (sōngshǔ, “squirrel”)
* 栗鼠 (lìshǔ)
* 梧鼠之技
* 梧鼠五技
* 梧鼠技窮 / 梧鼠技穷
* 水浸老鼠
* 水渰老鼠
* 水老鼠
* 水老鼠花
* 水鼠
* 沙鼠 (shāshǔ)
* 海狸鼠
* 溷鼠
* 滑鼠 (huáshǔ)
* 火鼠 (huǒshǔ)
* 火鼠布
* 灰鼠 (huīshǔ)
* 炙鼠
* 無線滑鼠 / 无线滑鼠
* 犁鼠 (líshǔ)
* 狗偷鼠竊 / 狗偷鼠窃
* 狐奔鼠竄 / 狐奔鼠窜
* 狐憑鼠伏 / 狐凭鼠伏
* 狐潛鼠伏 / 狐潜鼠伏
* 狗盜鼠竊 / 狗盗鼠窃
* 狗逮老鼠
* 狗頭鼠腦 / 狗头鼠脑
* 狗鼠
* 狐鼠
* 狐鼠之徒
* 狼奔鼠偷
* 狼奔鼠竄 / 狼奔鼠窜
* 狼貪鼠竊 / 狼贪鼠窃
* 獐頭鼠目 / 獐头鼠目 (zhāngtóushǔmù)
* 玄鼠
* 玉鼠
* 甘鼠
* 田鼠 (tiánshǔ)
* 癡鼠拖薑 / 痴鼠拖姜
* 白面鼯鼠
* 白鼠 (báishǔ)
* 目光如鼠
* 相鼠
* 石鼠
* 砂鼠
* 碩鼠 / 硕鼠
* 磎鼠
* 社鼠 (shèshǔ)
* 社鼠城狐
* 禮鼠 / 礼鼠
* 稷蜂社鼠
* 窮鼠齧貍 / 穷鼠啮狸 (qióngshǔ nièlí)
* 窮鼠齧貓 / 穷鼠啮猫 (qióngshǔnièmāo)
* 竹鼠 (zhúshǔ)
* 笮鼠
* 簷鼠 / 檐鼠
* 米奇老鼠 (Mǐqí Lǎoshǔ)
* 米奇鼠
* 米老鼠 (Mǐlǎoshǔ)
* 紅飛鼠 / 红飞鼠
* 羅雀掘鼠 / 罗雀掘鼠
* 義鼠 / 义鼠
* 老鼠 (lǎoshǔ, “mouse, rat”)
* 老鼠會 / 老鼠会
* 老鼠見貓 / 老鼠见猫
* 老鼠過街 / 老鼠过街
* 耳鼠
* 腐鼠
* 膨鼠 (phòng-chhí) (Min Nan)
* 膽小如鼠 / 胆小如鼠 (dǎnxiǎorúshǔ)
* 般薑鼠 / 般姜鼠
* 花鼠 (huāshǔ)
* 虎頭鼠尾 / 虎头鼠尾
* 蚡鼠
* 蛇入鼠出
* 蛇行鼠步
* 蛇頭鼠眼 / 蛇头鼠眼 (shétóushǔyǎn)
* 蛇鼠
* 蛇鼠一窩 / 蛇鼠一窝 (shéshǔyīwō)
* 蝟鼠 / 猬鼠
* 蝘鼠
* 蟲臂鼠肝 / 虫臂鼠肝
* 蟲鐫鼠齧 / 虫镌鼠啮
* 蟨鼠
* 蟲齕鼠傷 / 虫龁鼠伤
* 蟻潰鼠駭 / 蚁溃鼠骇
* 蠅營鼠窺 / 蝇营鼠窥
* 蟻羶鼠腐 / 蚁羶鼠腐
* 蠖屈鼠伏
* 蠶頭鼠尾 / 蚕头鼠尾
* 袋鼠 (dàishǔ, “kangaroo”)
* 褥特鼠
* 讞鼠 / 谳鼠
* 豆鼠
* 豚鼠 (túnshǔ)
* 豹文鼠
* 豹鼠
* 豹鼠奇編 / 豹鼠奇编
* 豺鼠子
* 貂鼠
* 貊鄉鼠壤 / 貊乡鼠壤
* 貊鄉鼠攘 / 貊乡鼠攘
* 貓哭老鼠 / 猫哭老鼠
* 貓鼠同乳 / 猫鼠同乳
* 貓鼠同眠 / 猫鼠同眠
* 貓鼠同處 / 猫鼠同处
* 負子鼠 / 负子鼠
* 賊眉鼠眼 / 贼眉鼠眼 (zéiméishǔyǎn)
* 賊頭鼠腦 / 贼头鼠脑
* 賊鼠鼠 / 贼鼠鼠
* 跳鼠 (tiàoshǔ)
* 輸鼠 / 输鼠
* 進退首鼠 / 进退首鼠
* 過街老鼠 / 过街老鼠 (guòjiē lǎoshǔ)
* 避貓鼠 / 避猫鼠
* 鄭鼠 / 郑鼠
* 野鼠
* 金毛鼠
* 金鼠之變 / 金鼠之变
* 銀鼠 / 银鼠
* 隱鼠 / 隐鼠
* 雀目鼠步
* 雀角鼠牙
* 雀鼠
* 雀鼠耗
* 雉伏鼠竄 / 雉伏鼠窜
* 電腦鼠 / 电脑鼠
* 青鼠
* 飛鼠 / 飞鼠 (fēishǔ)
* 食蛇鼠
* 飲河鼴鼠 / 饮河鼹鼠
* 首鼠 (shǒushǔ)
* 首鼠兩端 / 首鼠两端 (shǒushǔliǎngduān)
* 首鼠模棱
* 香鼠
* 馬捉老鼠 / 马捉老鼠
* 驢鼠 / 驴鼠
* 鱗鼠 / 鳞鼠
* 鳥駭鼠竄 / 鸟骇鼠窜
* 鳥驚鼠竄 / 鸟惊鼠窜
* 鳥鼠 / 鸟鼠
* 鳥鼠同穴 / 鸟鼠同穴
* 鴟張鼠伏 / 鸱张鼠伏
* 鴟得腐鼠 / 鸱得腐鼠
* 鴞鳴鼠暴 / 鸮鸣鼠暴
* 鸓鼠 / 𱊳鼠
* 麝鼠 (shèshǔ)
* 麵老鼠 / 面老鼠
* 黃鼠 / 黄鼠 (huángshǔ)
* 黃鼠狼 / 黄鼠狼 (huángshǔláng, “weasel”)
* 黑家鼠
* 黑鼠 (hēishǔ)
* 黑鼠族
* 點鼠 / 点鼠
* 黠鼠 (xiáshǔ)
* 鼠乳
* 鼠伏
* 鼠偷
* 鼠偷狗盜 / 鼠偷狗盗
* 鼠入牛角
* 鼠印
* 鼠坻
* 鼠壤
* 鼠妖
* 鼠姑
* 鼠婦 / 鼠妇 (shǔfù)
* 鼠子
* 鼠尾
* 鼠尾帳 / 鼠尾帐
* 鼠尾草 (shǔwěicǎo)
* 鼠尾轎 / 鼠尾轿
* 鼠屎
* 鼠屎汙羹 / 鼠屎污羹
* 鼠布
* 鼠市
* 鼠徑 / 鼠径
* 鼠心狼肺 (shǔxīnlángfèi)
* 鼠思
* 鼠憑社貴 / 鼠凭社贵
* 鼠技
* 鼠拖腸 / 鼠拖肠
* 鼠攛 / 鼠撺
* 鼠攛狼奔 / 鼠撺狼奔
* 鼠朴
* 鼠李 (shǔlǐ)
* 鼠梓
* 鼠梨
* 鼠樝
* 鼠標 / 鼠标 (shǔbiāo, “mouse (of a computer)”)
* 鼠步
* 鼠母
* 鼠毛褐
* 鼠毫
* 鼠毫筆 / 鼠毫笔
* 鼠氣 / 鼠气
* 鼠法
* 鼠溪
* 鼠無牙 / 鼠无牙
* 鼠牙
* 鼠牙筆 / 鼠牙笔
* 鼠牙雀角
* 鼠狗輩 / 鼠狗辈
* 鼠狼
* 鼠獄 / 鼠狱
* 鼠璞
* 鼠疫 (shǔyì)
* 鼠病
* 鼠瘡 / 鼠疮 (shǔchuāng)
* 鼠瘺 / 鼠瘘
* 鼠盜 / 鼠盗
* 鼠盜狗竊 / 鼠盗狗窃
* 鼠目
* 鼠目寸光 (shǔmùcùnguāng)
* 鼠目獐頭 / 鼠目獐头
* 鼠眼
* 鼠矢
* 鼠禍 / 鼠祸
* 鼠穴
* 鼠窟
* 鼠竄 / 鼠窜 (shǔcuàn)
* 鼠竄狗盜 / 鼠窜狗盗
* 鼠竄狼奔 / 鼠窜狼奔
* 鼠竄蜂逝 / 鼠窜蜂逝
* 鼠竊 / 鼠窃
* 鼠竊狗偷 / 鼠窃狗偷
* 鼠竊狗盜 / 鼠窃狗盗
* 鼠耗
* 鼠耳
* 鼠耳巾
* 鼠肝
* 鼠肝蟲臂 / 鼠肝虫臂
* 鼠肚雞腸 / 鼠肚鸡肠
* 鼠肚鷄腸 / 鼠肚鸡肠
* 鼠胎
* 鼠腊
* 鼠腰兜
* 鼠腹蝸腸 / 鼠腹蜗肠
* 鼠腹雞腸 / 鼠腹鸡肠
* 鼠膠 / 鼠胶
* 鼠膽 / 鼠胆 (shǔdǎn)
* 鼠臂蟣肝 / 鼠臂虮肝
* 鼠舞
* 鼠苗
* 鼠莽
* 鼠莽草
* 鼠虎
* 鼠裘
* 鼠豺
* 鼠負 / 鼠负
* 鼠賊 / 鼠贼 (shǔzéi)
* 鼠跡 / 鼠迹
* 鼠蹊 (shǔxī)
* 鼠蹟狐蹤 / 鼠迹狐踪
* 鼠輩 / 鼠辈 (shǔbèi)
* 鼠遁
* 鼠遯 / 鼠遁
* 鼠鄉 / 鼠乡
* 鼠銜薑 / 鼠衔姜
* 鼠雀
* 鼠雀之牙
* 鼠雀之輩 / 鼠雀之辈
* 鼠韭
* 鼠須 / 鼠须
* 鼠須管 / 鼠须管
* 鼠頭鼠腦 / 鼠头鼠脑
* 鼠駭 / 鼠骇
* 鼠鬚 / 鼠须
* 鼠鬚筆 / 鼠须笔
* 鼠鯰 / 鼠鲶
* 鼠麴 / 鼠曲
* 鼠麴粿 / 鼠曲粿
* 鼠麴草 / 鼠曲草
* 鼠黃 / 鼠黄
* 鼠黏
* 鼠黏子
* 鼠黠
* 鼠黨 / 鼠党
* 鼠齒莧 / 鼠齿苋
* 鼠齧腸 / 鼠啮肠
* 鼠齧蟲穿 / 鼠啮虫穿
* 鼠齧蠹蝕 / 鼠啮蠹蚀
* 鼠龍 / 鼠龙 (shǔlóng)
* 鼢鼠
* 鼪鼠
* 鼬鼠 (yòushǔ)
* 鼫鼠
* 鼩鼠
* 鼫鼠五技
* 鼯鼠 (wúshǔ)
* 鼯鼠技
* 鼲鼠 / 𱌏鼠
* 鼴鼠 / 鼹鼠 (yǎnshǔ)
* 鼷鼠
* 鼷鼠飲河 / 鼷鼠饮河

### See also

* (Chinese zodiac signs) (~年) 鼠 (shǔ), 牛 (niú), 虎 (hǔ), 兔 (tù), 龍／龙 (lóng), 蛇 (shé), 馬／马 (mǎ), 羊 (yáng), 猴 (hóu), 雞／鸡 (jī), 狗 (gǒu), 豬／猪 (zhū)

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 鼡 |
| Kyūjitai | 鼠 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 鼡)
* mouse, rat, other similar rodent

#### Readings

* Go-on: しょ (sho)
* Kan-on: しょ (sho)
* Kan’yō-on: そ (so)
* Kun: ねずみ (nezumi, 鼠)、ねず (nezu, 鼠)、ね (ne, 鼠)

#### Compounds

* 殺(さっ)鼠(そ) (sasso): killing rodents
* 鼠(そ)蹊(けい) (sokei): groin
* 天(てん)鼠(そ) (tenso): bat
* 田(でん)鼠(そ) (denso): mole
* 飛鼠(ひそ) (hiso): bat
* 野鼠(やそ) (yaso): field rodents, wild rodents
* 栗鼠(りす) (risu): squirrel

### Etymology 1

| 鼠 (nezumi): a mouse, as a smaller example of a nezumi. | 鼠 (nezumi): a rat, as a larger example of a nezumi. |
| 鼠 (nezumi): a member of family Muroidea: a common vole. | 鼠 (nezumi) → 鼠色 (nezumi-iro, literally “mouse color”): the color grey. |
* Kanji in this term
* 鼠
* ねずみ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Originally a compound of 根 (ne, “root”, more specifically signifying somewhere hidden away) +‎ 住み (sumi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 住む sumu, “to live in a place, to reside”), meaning roughly “one who lives in hidden places”. (Can this etymology be sourced?) The sumi changes to zumi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ねずみ [nèzúmí] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ne̞zɨmʲi]

#### Noun

鼠(ねずみ) or 鼠(ネズミ) • (nezumi)
* a mouse or a rat
    Synonym: (Kagoshima) ねずん (nezun)
** 1993 November 15 [1989 August 25], “○動(どう)物(ぶつ)のお医(い)者(しゃ)さん　登(とう)場(じょう)人(じん)物(ぶつ)紹(しょう)介(かい) [○ The Veterinarian: Character Intro]”, in 動物のお医者さん [The Veterinarian], 44th edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Hakusensha, →ISBN, page 7:
    二(に)階(かい)堂(どう)：ハムテルの友(ゆう)人(じん)で獣(じゅう)医(い)の卵(たまご)。だがネズミに弱(よわ)いという弱(じゃく)点(てん)がある。
       Nikaidō: Hamuteru no yūjin de jūi no tamago. Daga nezumi ni yowai to iu jakuten ga aru.
       Nikaidō: Hamuteru’s friend, who’s also a future veterinarian. One of his weaknesses, however, is being frightened of rats and mice.
** 1999 May 25, “イビル・ラット [Evil Rat]”, in Booster 2, Konami:
    どんな物(もの)にでもかじりつく、行(ぎょう)儀(ぎ)の悪(わる)い野(の)ネズミ。
       Donna mono ni demo kajiritsuku, gyōgi no warui nonezumi.
       A feral rat evil-doer that can bite through anything.
** 1999 September 23, “鎧(よろい)ネズミ [Armored Rat]”, in Vol.5, Konami:
    鎧(よろい)のようにかたい毛(け)で体(からだ)を守(まも)ることができるネズミ。
       Yoroi no yō ni katai ke de karada o mamoru koto ga dekiru nezumi.
       A rat capable of defending itself with a coat that functions as armor.
** 2007 November 20 [2006 March 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “「スパルタ式(しき)にが手(て)こくふく錠(じょう)」と「にが手(て)タッチバトン」 [“Extreme Conquer-Your-Weakness Pill” and “Weakness Touch Baton”]”, in ドラえもん＋(プラス) [Doraemon+], 4th edition, volume 5 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 11–12:
    ごめんください。ネズミ年(どし)の人(ひと)ですか？サル年(どし)ですが。じゃ　おはいりください。わたくし、根(ね)住(ずみ)ともうします。
       Gomen kudasai.
       May I come in?
       Nezumidoshi no hito desu ka?
       Were you born in a Rat year?
       Sarudoshi desu ga.
       I was born in a Monkey year.
       Ja ohairi kudasai.
       Please come in then.
       Watakushi, Nezumi to mōshimasu.
       But my name is Nezumi.
* general term for members of superfamily Muroidea, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, gerbils, and other similar rodents
* short for 鼠色 (nezumi iro): the colour grey, sometimes more specifically a dark grey colour

##### Usage notes

* Japanese does not generally distinguish between mice and rats, and both are commonly called nezumi. If a distinction is needed, speakers may use the adjectives 大きい (ōkii, “large”) or 小さい (chīsai, “small”), or may use the word マウス (mausu, “mouse”, borrowed from either German or English).
* This term is often spelled in hiragana.
* As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ネズミ.
* Note that, although the Japanese term 子年 (​nezumidoshi, ​nedoshi) for The Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac does derive from this same nezumi term, it is not written with this 鼠 kanji.

##### Derived terms

* 鼠(ねずみ)穴(あな) (nezumiana): a mousehole, a rathole
* 鼠(ねずみ)色(いろ) (nezumi iro): (UK) grey, (US) gray
* 鼠(ねずみ)衣(ごろも) (nezumigoromo): simple grey clerical robes
* 鼠(ねずみ)食(くい) (nezumikui): something that has been chewed on by mice or rats
* 鼠(ねずみ)黐(もち) (nezumimochi): Japanese privet, Ligustrum japonicum
* 赤(あか)鼠(ねずみ) (akanezumi): large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)
* 家(いえ)鼠(ねずみ) (ienezumi): domestic rodent (brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), black rat (Rattus rattus), and house mouse (Mus musculus))
* 鬼(おに)天(てん)竺(じく)鼠(ねずみ) (oni tenjiku nezumi): capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
* 絹(きぬ)毛(げ)鼠(ねずみ) (kinuge nezumi): hamster (Cricetinae)
* 熊(くま)鼠(ねずみ) (kuma nezumi): black rat (Rattus rattus)
* 地(じ)鼠(ねずみ) (ji nezumi): white-toothed shrews (subfamily Crocidurinae)
* 田(た)鼠(ねずみ) (ta nezumi): field rodent, wild rodent; black rat (Rattus rattus) and related species
* 旅(たび)鼠(ねずみ) (tabi nezumi): lemming (in subfamily Arvicolinae)
* 地(ち)鼠(ねずみ) (chi nezumi): large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)
* 天(てん)竺(じく)鼠(ねずみ) (tenjiku nezumi): guinea pig (in family Caviidae)
* 尖(とがり)鼠(ねずみ) (togari nezumi): shrew (in family Soricidae)
* 溝(どぶ)鼠(ねずみ) (dobu nezumi): brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)
* 野(の)鼠(ねずみ) (no nezumi): wild rodent (large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus), Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli), red-backed voles (Myodes spp.), etc)
* 野(の)良(ら)鼠(ねずみ) (nora nezumi): white-toothed shrews (subfamily Crocidurinae); Japanese shrew mole (Urotrichus talpoides); Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)
* 畑(はた)鼠(ねずみ) (hata nezumi): Japanese grass vole (Microtus montebelli); vole
* 二十(はつ)日(か)鼠(ねずみ) (hatsuka nezumi): house mouse (Mus musculus)
* 針(はり)鼠(ねずみ) (hari nezumi): hedgehog
* 火(ひ)鼠(ねずみ) (hi nezumi): fire rat
* 袋(ふくろ)鼠(ねずみ) (fukuro nezumi): opossum (Didelphimorphia)
* 水(みず)畑(はた)鼠(ねずみ) (mizuhata nezumi): the European water vole, Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris.
* 谷(や)地(ち)鼠(ねずみ) (yachi nezumi): red-backed voles (Myodes spp.)

#### Further reading

* "Nezumi" entry at 日本辞典 (Nihon Jiten, “Japan Dictionary”)
* "Nezumi entry at 語源由来辞典 (Gogen Yurai Jiten, “Etymology Derivation Dictionary”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 鼠
* ねず Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Abbreviation of nezumi. Used in some compounds.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ねず [néꜜzù] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ne̞zɨ]

#### Noun

鼠(ねず) • (nezu)
* a mouse, a rat

##### Derived terms

* 鼠(ねず)子(こ) (nezuko): alternate name for 黒(くろ)檜(べ) (kurobe): Thuja standishii, an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae
* 銀(ぎん)鼠(ねず) (ginnezu): silver-grey

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 鼠
* ね Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Abbreviation of nezumi. Used in some compounds.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ne̞]
* The pitch accent is determined by the entire compounded term.

#### Noun

鼠(ね) • (ne)
* a mouse, a rat

##### Derived terms

* 子(ね) (ne): the Rat in the Chinese zodiac
* 子(ね)年(どし) (nedoshi): the Year of the Rat in the Chinese zodiac
* 山(やま)鼠(ね) (yamane): a Japanese dormouse (Glirulus japonicus)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 鼠 (MC syoX). Recorded as Middle Korean 셔〮 (syé) (Yale: syé) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰɘ(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [서(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 鼠 (eumhun 쥐 서 (jwi seo))
* hanja form of 서 (“mouse; rat”)

#### Compounds

* 서역 (鼠疫, seoyeok)
* 구서 (狗鼠, guseo)
* 서피 (鼠皮, seopi)
* 서족 (鼠族, seojok)
* 궁서 (窮鼠, gungseo)
* 해서 (害鼠, haeseo)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Kun: っゑんちゅ ('wenchu, 鼠)、ゑんちゅ (wenchu, 鼠)、えんちゅ (enchu, 鼠)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 鼠
* えんちゅ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Kanji in this term
* 鼠
* ゑんちゅ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Kanji in this term
* 鼠
* っゑんちゅ Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
Compound of 親 (っゑー, 'wee, “parent”) +‎ ん (“n”, reduced genitive particle) +‎ 人 (ちゅ, -chu, “person”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [(ʔ)(ʷ)en̩t͡ɕu]

### Noun

鼠(っゑんちゅ) or 鼠(ゑんちゅ) or 鼠(えんちゅ) ('wenchu or wenchu or enchu)
* mouse, rat

### References

* “ゑんちゅ・っゑんちゅ・うぇんちゅ・えんちゅ” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

鼠: Hán Nôm readings: thử, thửu
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