俶

俶 U+4FF6, 俶 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 2724₀, 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

simp. and trad.		俶

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 俶
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05727
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).

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

	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 (chu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chù
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chù
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu⁴
    • Yale: chù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh
    • Palladius: чу (ču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cuk¹
    • Yale: chūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: cug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊk̚⁵/

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• 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	cuk1

• 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

1. Original form of 淑 (shū, “good, nice, beautiful”).
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) first; in the beginning; initially
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to arrange; to put in order
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to build; to move
5. (literary, obsolete) (of solid dimensions) thick
6. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 諔 / 𰵴 (chù, “strange, odd”)
7. (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 (ti⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi⁴
    • Yale: tì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tih
    • Palladius: ти (ti)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tik¹
    • Yale: tīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɪk̚⁵/

Definitions

俶

1. 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

俶

(Hyōgai kanji)

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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)

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Vietnamese

Han character

俶: Hán Nôm readings: thích, thục

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References

• Nom Foundation