衄

See also: 衂 and 䏔

衄 U+8844, 衄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8844 ← 衃 [U+8843] CJK Unified Ideographs 衅 → [U+8845]

Translingual

Han character

衄 (Kangxi radical 143, 血+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹廿弓土 (HTNG), four-corner 2711₅, composition ⿰血丑)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1107, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33973
• Dae Jaweon: page 1569, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3051, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8844

Chinese

trad.		衄
simp. #		衄
alternative forms		衂／衄 䶊 𧖩

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
峱	*nuː
紐	*nuʔ
扭	*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
狃	*nuʔ, *nus
鈕	*nuʔ
忸	*nuʔ, *nuɡ
杻	*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
莥	*nuʔ
羞	*snu
丑	*n̥ʰuʔ
沑	*njuʔ, *nuɡ
粈	*njuʔ
衄	*nuɡ, *njuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *nuɡ, *njuɡ): semantic 血 (“blood”) + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ).

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-na ~ s-naːr (“nose”); see there for more discussion.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǜ (nü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nuk⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nyù
    • Wade–Giles: nü⁴
    • Yale: nyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niuh
    • Palladius: нюй (njuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ny⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: nuk⁶
    • Yale: nuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nuk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: nug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊk̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: nyuwk, nrjuwk

Rime
Character	衄	衄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	日 (38)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	屋 (4)	屋 (4)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	如六切	女六切
Baxter	nyuwk	nrjuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵɨuk̚/	/ɳɨuk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵiuk̚/	/ɳiuk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuk̚/	/niuk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵuwk̚/	/ɳuwk̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiuk̚/	/niuk̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭuk̚/	/nĭuk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯uk̚/	/ni̯uk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rù	nù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	juk6	nuk6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuɡ/, /*njuɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	衄	衄
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	1532	1534
Phonetic component	丑	丑
Rime group	覺	覺
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	肭	肉
Old Chinese	/*nuɡ/	/*njuɡ/

Definitions

衄

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to have a nosebleed
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, by extension) to bleed (from any body part)
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to be defeated
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to shrink; to cower
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to insult; to humiliate; to shame

Compounds

• 傷夷折衄 / 伤夷折衄
• 傾衄 / 倾衄
• 內衄 / 内衄
• 大衄
• 奔衄
• 挫衄
• 摧衄
• 敗衄 / 败衄
• 朘衄
• 沮衄
• 祝衄
• 經行吐衄 / 经行吐衄
• 縮衄 / 缩衄
• 耳衄
• 肌衄
• 虧衄 / 亏衄
• 衄折
• 衄挫
• 衄然
• 衄痍
• 衄蔑
• 衄血
• 退衄
• 鼻衄 (bínǜ)
• 鼽衄
• 齒衄 / 齿衄

Japanese

Kanji

衄

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): じく (jiku)
• Kun: はなぢ (hanaji)

References

• “^▲衄”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎ (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja

衄 • (nyuk>yuk) (hangeul 뉵>육, revised nyuk>yuk, McCune–Reischauer nyuk>yuk, Yale nyuk>yuk)

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Vietnamese

Han character

衄: Hán Nôm readings: nục, nốc

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