醜

See also: 丑

醜 U+919C, 醜 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-919C ← 醛 [U+919B] CJK Unified Ideographs 醝 → [U+919D]

Translingual

Han character

醜 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹山戈 (MWHUI), four-corner 1661₃, composition ⿰酉鬼)

Derived characters

• 𢹧, 𩽤

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1286, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39969
• Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3590, character 6
• Unihan data for U+919C

Chinese

trad.		醜
simp.		丑*
alternative forms		魗／𱆛

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (酉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
楢	*kʰjuʔ, *lu
逎	*ʔslu
遒	*sklu, *sɡlu
蝤	*sklu, *sɡlu
揂	*sklu
酒	*ʔsluʔ
媨	*sklus
鞧	*skʰlu
緧	*skʰlu
趥	*skʰlu, *skʰluŋs
酋	*sɡlu
崷	*sɡlu
鰌	*sɡlu
煪	*sɡlu
醜	*l̥ʰjuʔ
猶	*klus, *lu, *lus
猷	*lu
輶	*lu, *luʔ, *lus
偤	*lu
莤	*lu, *sruɡ
蕕	*lu
庮	*lu, *luʔ
槱	*luʔ, *lus
梄	*luʔ
丣	*luʔ
酉	*luʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰjuʔ) : phonetic 酉 (OC *luʔ) + semantic 鬼 (“ghost, demon”) - demons are ugly in Chinese culture.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (酉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
楢	*kʰjuʔ, *lu
逎	*ʔslu
遒	*sklu, *sɡlu
蝤	*sklu, *sɡlu
揂	*sklu
酒	*ʔsluʔ
媨	*sklus
鞧	*skʰlu
緧	*skʰlu
趥	*skʰlu, *skʰluŋs
酋	*sɡlu
崷	*sɡlu
鰌	*sɡlu
煪	*sɡlu
醜	*l̥ʰjuʔ
猶	*klus, *lu, *lus
猷	*lu
輶	*lu, *luʔ, *lus
偤	*lu
莤	*lu, *sruɡ
蕕	*lu
庮	*lu, *luʔ
槱	*luʔ, *lus
梄	*luʔ
丣	*luʔ
酉	*luʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chǒu (chou³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau²
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhú

  (Meixian, Guangdong): cu³

• Eastern Min (BUC): chiū
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ciu³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiú / siú / thiú

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu²

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsheu
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): chou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chǒu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou³
    • Yale: chǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choou
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau²
    • Yale: cháu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhú
    • Hakka Romanization System: cu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cu³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: cu³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chiū
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰieu³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ciu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiú
    • Tâi-lô: tshiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiuo
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú
    • Tâi-lô: siú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiú
    • Tâi-lô: thiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tiuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciu²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiú
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsheu
    • MiniDict: tsheu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsheu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰɤ³⁴/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: chou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /ʈ͡ʂʰəu̯⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡sʰəu̯⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyhuwX

Rime
Character	醜
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌九切
Baxter	tsyhuwX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuwX/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuX/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǒu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*t.qʰuʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰjuʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	醜	醜
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chǒu	chǒu
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhuwX ›	‹ tsyhuwX ›
Old Chinese	/*t.qʰuʔ/	/*t.qʰuʔ/
English	ugly; evil	category
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	醜
Reading #	1/1
No.	15565
Phonetic component	酉
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	醜
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰjuʔ/

Definitions

醜

1. ugly; homely; hideous

   這狗長得真醜。 [MSC, trad.]
   这狗长得真丑。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè gǒu zhǎnɡ de zhēn chǒu. [Pinyin]

   This dog is so ugly.

2. shameful; disgraceful

   醜聞／丑闻  ―  chǒuwén  ―  scandal

   你咁大個人仲要老豆老母養，你醜唔醜㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你咁大个人仲要老豆老母养，你丑唔丑㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ gam³ daai⁶ go³ jan⁴ zung⁶ jiu³ lou⁵ dau⁶ lou⁵ mou^5-2 joeng⁵, nei⁵ cau² m⁴ cau² gaa³? [Jyutping]

   You are this old and yet still mooching off your parents. Don't you feel ashamed?

3. shame; disgrace

   家醜不可外揚／家丑不可外扬  ―  jiāchǒu bùkě wàiyáng  ―  don't wash your dirty linen in public

4. (obsolete) evil

   • 十月之交，朔月辛卯，日有食之，亦孔之醜。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     十月之交，朔月辛卯，日有食之，亦孔之丑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shíyuè zhī jiāo, shuòyuè xīnmǎo, rì yǒu shí zhī, yì kǒng zhī chǒu. [Pinyin]

     At the conjunction [of the sun and moon] in the tenth month,
     On the first day of the moon, which was Xin-mao,
     The sun was eclipsed,
     A thing of very evil omen.

5. (obsolete) person or thing of the same kind
6. (obsolete) to be similar

   • 今天下地醜德齊，莫能相尚。無他，好臣其所教，而不好臣其所受教。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今天下地丑德齐，莫能相尚。无他，好臣其所教，而不好臣其所受教。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Jīn tiānxià dì chǒu dé qí, mò néng xiàng shàng. Wú tā, hào chén qí suǒ jiào, ér bù hào chén qí suǒ shòu jiào. [Pinyin]

     Now throughout the kingdom, the territories of the princes are of equal extent, and in their achievements they are on a level. Not one of them is able to exceed the others. This is from no other reason, but that they love to make ministers of those whom they teach, and do not love to make ministers of those by whom they might be taught.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 醜 (“ugly”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		醜, 媸
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		醜陋
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	難看, 寒磣, 磣
	Taiwan	難看, 醜
	Singapore	難看, 醜
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	難看, 醜
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	難看, 醜, 不心疼
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	難看, 醜
	Wuhan	醜, 不好看
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	難看, 醜
	Hefei	難看, 醜, 相壞
Cantonese	Guangzhou	難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
	Hong Kong	難睇, 醜, 醜怪, 樣衰, 醜樣, 肉酸, 核突
	Dongguan	難睞
	Yangjiang	惡看, 醜鬼
Gan	Nanchang	不客氣, 難看
Hakka	Meixian	難看, 難睞, 醜, 像鬼
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	媸, 醜
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	媸, 醜
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	媸, 醜
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	媸, 醜
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	媸, 醜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	䆀
Jin	Taiyuan	難看, 醜
Northern Min	Jian'ou	驚人, 毛格式, 生得呆
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	驚儂, 驚, 伓好看, 生得呆
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹看, 㾀勢
	Quanzhou	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Jinjiang	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Zhangzhou	䆀看, 㾀勢
	Taipei	歹看, 䆀, 䆀材, 㾀, 䆀猴, 㾀勢
	Kaohsiung	歹看
	Singapore (Hokkien)	歹看, 䆀
	Manila (Hokkien)	兇, 歹看, 㾀勢
	Chaozhou	孬睇, 野樣, 䆀
	Shantou	野樣
	Jieyang	野樣
	Singapore (Teochew)	歹睇
Wu	Shanghai	難看, 怕
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	怕
	Shanghai (Jiading)	怕
	Suzhou	難看, 怕
	Kunshan	難看
	Jiaxing	難看
	Hangzhou	難看
	Ningbo	難看
	Wenzhou	難覷, 否好覷, 醜
Xiang	Changsha	醜, 不好看, 不打彩
	Shuangfeng	醜, 不好看

Compounds

• 丟醜／丢丑 (diūchǒu)
• 亮醜／亮丑
• 倛醜／倛丑
• 出乖弄醜／出乖弄丑 (chūguāinòngchǒu)
• 出乖露醜／出乖露丑
• 出醜／出丑 (chūchǒu)
• 出醜揚疾／出丑扬疾
• 出醜狼藉／出丑狼借
• 地醜德齊／地丑德齐
• 大醜／大丑
• 嫌好道醜／嫌好道丑
• 家醜／家丑 (jiāchǒu)
• 小醜／小丑
• 小醜跳梁
• 惡直醜正／恶直丑正
• 揭醜／揭丑
• 摧堅獲醜／摧坚获丑
• 獻醜／献丑 (xiànchǒu)
• 當場出醜／当场出丑
• 當場獻醜／当场献丑
• 百拙千醜／百拙千丑
• 美醜／美丑
• 群醜／群丑
• 謷醜／謷丑 (áochǒu)
• 遮醜／遮丑 (zhēchǒu)
• 醜丫頭／丑丫头
• 醜事／丑事 (chǒushì)
• 醜人多作怪／丑人多作怪 (chǒu rén duō zuòguài)
• 醜人多八怪／丑人多八怪
• 醜八怪／丑八怪 (chǒubāguài)
• 醜剌剌／丑剌剌
• 醜劇／丑剧
• 醜化／丑化 (chǒuhuà)
• 醜吒／丑吒
• 醜名／丑名
• 醜地／丑地
• 醜夷／丑夷
• 醜女／丑女 (chǒunǚ)
• 醜女效顰／丑女效颦
• 醜婦／丑妇
• 醜小鴨／丑小鸭 (chǒuxiǎoyā)
• 醜巴怪／丑巴怪
• 醜惡／丑恶 (chǒu'è)
• 醜態／丑态 (chǒutài)
• 醜態畢露／丑态毕露
• 醜態百出／丑态百出
• 醜末／丑末
• 醜生／丑生
• 醜聞／丑闻 (chǒuwén)
• 醜聲四溢／丑声四溢
• 醜聲遠播／丑声远播
• 醜虜／丑虏
• 醜行／丑行
• 醜詆／丑诋 (chǒudǐ)
• 醜話／丑话 (chǒuhuà)
• 醜語／丑语
• 醜陋／丑陋 (chǒulòu)
• 醜頭怪臉／丑头怪脸
• 醜類／丑类
• 醜類惡物／丑类恶物
• 齆醜／齆丑 (wèngchǒu)

 

Japanese

Kanji

醜

(Jōyō kanji)

1. ugly
2. shameful, disgraceful

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: みにくい (minikui, 醜い, Jōyō)、にくむ (nikumu, 醜む)、たぐい (tagui, 醜)、しこ (shiko, 醜)

Compounds

Derived terms

• 醜態(しゅうたい) (shūtai): disgraceful behavior
• 醜聞(しゅうぶん) (shūbun): scandal
• 醜女(しこめ) (shikome): ugly woman
• 醜男(ぶおとこ) (buotoko)/醜男(しこお) (shikō): ugly man
• 醜草(しこぐさ) (shikogusa): ugliness
• 醜名(しゅうめい) (shūmei): scandal
• 醜悪(しゅうあく) (shūaku): ugliness
• 美醜(びしゅう) (bishū): beauty and ugliness (appearance)
• 老醜(ろうしゅう) (rōshū): ugliness due to old age
• 醜(みにく)の木(き) (minikunoki): ugly tree

Noun

醜(しゅう) • (shū) 

1. ugliness

Korean

Hanja

醜 (eum 추 (chu))

1. ugly looking, homely
2. disgraceful

Vietnamese

Han character

醜: Hán Nôm readings: xấu, xổ, xú, xũ, sú

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