稠

稠 U+7A20, 稠 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A20 ← 稟 [U+7A1F] CJK Unified Ideographs 稡 → [U+7A21]

Translingual

Han character

稠 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+8, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹木月土口 (HDBGR), four-corner 2792₀, composition ⿰禾周)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 855, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25130
• Dae Jaweon: page 1280, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2614, character 10
• Unihan data for U+7A20

Chinese

trad.		稠
simp. #		稠

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
裯	*tuːw, *dɯw, *do
啁	*tuːw, *rtɯːw, *tɯw
禂	*tuːwʔ
綢	*tʰuːw, *dɯw
翢	*tʰuːw, *duːw
錭	*duːw
雕	*tɯːw
凋	*tɯːw
琱	*tɯːw
鯛	*tɯːw
鵰	*tɯːw
彫	*tɯːw
奝	*tɯːw
調	*dɯːw, *dɯːws, *tɯw
蜩	*dɯːw
惆	*tʰɯw
婤	*tʰɯw, *tjɯw
稠	*dɯw
椆	*dɯw, *tjɯws
周	*tjɯw
輖	*tjɯw
賙	*tjɯw
郮	*tjɯw
晭	*tjɯwʔ
倜	*tʰɯːwɢ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóu (chou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): sèu
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tiû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou²
    • Yale: chóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chour
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cau⁴
    • Yale: chàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sèu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tiû
    • Tâi-lô: tiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diuu
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tiu²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tiu²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiu¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tiu²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiu²³/

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• Middle Chinese: drjuw

Rime
Character	稠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	直由切
Baxter	drjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖuw/
Li Rong	/ȡiu/
Wang Li	/ȡĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȡʱi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chóu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]riw/

  (Zhengzhang): /*dɯw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	稠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chóu
Middle Chinese	‹ drjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]riw/
English	dense, thick
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	稠
Reading #	1/1
No.	17528
Phonetic component	周
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	儔
Old Chinese	/*dɯw/

Definitions

稠

1. dense
2. thick; viscous
3. (Eastern Min) often, frequently

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 稠 (“thick; viscous”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		稠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		稠
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	稠, 糨
	Taiwan	稠
	Harbin	稠
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	稠
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	厚
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	稠
	Wanrong	稠
	Xi'an	稠
	Xuzhou	稠, 厚
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	稠
	Lanzhou	稠
	Ürümqi	稠, 糨, 糊
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	稠, 乾, 釅
	Wuhan	釅, 稠
	Guiyang	乾
	Liuzhou	稠
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	稠
	Yangzhou	厚, 稠, 乾
	Nantong	厚
	Hefei	厚, 乾
Cantonese	Guangzhou	杰
	Hong Kong	杰
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	杰
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	杰
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	醹
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	杰
	Macau	杰
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	杰
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	杰
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	杰
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	杰
	Foshan	杰
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	杰
	Foshan (Shunde)	杰
	Foshan (Sanshui)	杰
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	杰
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	杰
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	杰
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	杰
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	杰
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	杰
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	杰
	Taishan	醹, 杰
	Kaiping (Chikan)	醹, 杰
	Enping (Niujiang)	杰, 醹
	Heshan (Yayao)	杰
	Dongguan	杰
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	杰
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	杰
	Shaoguan	杰
	Yunfu	杰
	Yangjiang	𤄷, 杰
	Xinyi	杰
	Lianjiang	杰
	Wuchuan (Wuyang)	膠
	Nanning	杰
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	杰
Gan	Nanchang	及
	Lichuan	濃
	Pingxiang	濃
Hakka	Meixian	醹, 結
	Xingning	醹
	Huidong (Daling)	醹, 竭
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	竭
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	醹
	Changting	醹, 濃, 竭
	Wuping	醹, 竭
	Wuping (Pingyu)	醹
	Liancheng	醹, 竭
	Ninghua	濃, 稠
	Yudu	竭
	Ruijin	竭
	Shicheng	濃
	Shangyou (Shexi)	醹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	醹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	醹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	醹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	醹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	醹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	醹
	Hong Kong	醹
Huizhou	Jixi	硬
	Shexian	硬
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	厚
	Xiuning	硬
	Yixian	硬
	Qimen	硬
	Wuyuan	硬
Jin	Taiyuan	稠
Northern Min	Jian'ou	濃
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	濃
	Songxi	濃
	Zhenghe	濃
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	濃
	Jianyang	濃
	Wuyishan	濃
	Pucheng (Shibei)	濃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𬇴
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𬇴
	Lianjiang	𬇴
	Fuqing	洘
	Pingtan	洘
	Yongtai	𬇴
	Minqing	𬇴
	Gutian	𬇴
	Pingnan	𬇴
	Luoyuan	𬇴
	Fu'an	𬇴
	Ningde	𬇴
	Xiapu	𬇴
	Zherong	𬇴
	Shouning	濃
	Zhouning	𬇴
	Fuding	𬇴
Southern Min	Xiamen	洘, 洽
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	洘
	Quanzhou	洘, 洽
	Jinjiang	洘
	Nan'an	洘
	Shishi	洘
	Hui'an	洘
	Anxi	洘
	Yongchun	洘
	Dehua	洘
	Zhangzhou	洘, 洽, 汔, 𠕇, 醪
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	𠕇
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	𠕇
	Hua'an	𠕇
	Nanjing	𠕇
	Pinghe	𠕇, 汔
	Zhangpu	汔
	Yunxiao	糊
	Zhao'an	汔
	Dongshan	汔
	Taipei	洘
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	洘
	Kaohsiung	洘
	Yilan	洘, 汔
	Changhua (Lukang)	洘
	Taichung	洘
	Tainan	洘
	Taitung	洘
	Hsinchu	洘
	Kinmen	洘
	Penghu (Magong)	洘
	Penang (Hokkien)	汔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	洘
	Manila (Hokkien)	洘, 洽
	Longyan	汔, 釅
	Zhangping	乾, 𠕇
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	渴
	Datian	洘, 醪
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	杰
	Chaozhou	𫀸
	Shantou	𫀸
	Shantou (Chenghai)	𫀸
	Jieyang	𫀸
	Haifeng	𫀸
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	𫀸
	Leizhou	洘, 渴
	Wenchang	渴
	Haikou	渴
Puxian Min	Putian	洘
	Xianyou	洘
Central Min	Yong'an	濃
	Sanming (Shaxian)	濃
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	杰
Wu	Shanghai	厚
	Shanghai (Chongming)	厚
	Suzhou	厚
	Wuxi	乾
	Danyang	乾, 厚
	Hangzhou	厚
	Ningbo	燥
	Wenzhou	饘
	Jinhua	厚
Xiang	Changsha	釅
	Shuangfeng	濃

Dialectal synonyms of 常常 (“often; frequently”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		經常, 時常, 常常, 時時, 往往, 每每
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	常
	Taiwan	常常
	Harbin	時不見兒, 時不當, 時不當兒, 時不常, 時不常兒, 時不時
	Singapore	常常
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	常常, 常, 時常
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	常常, 常, 時常
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	時常, 常常, 隨時, 時不時
	Wuhan	帶常, 時常
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	常
	Hefei	常
Cantonese	Guangzhou	時時, 時常, 長時, 周時, 遇時, 時不時
	Hong Kong	成日, 經常, 時時, 好多時, 好多時候, 周時, 周不時
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	經常
	Yangjiang	周時
Gan	Nanchang	千常, 時常
Hakka	Meixian	輒常, 長時, 時常, 時不時
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 登常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	輒輒, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	輒輒, 長在, 輒常, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 經常
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	輒輒, 常勻, 輒常, 長透, 常常, 時常, 不時, 時時, 長間, 經常
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	輒輒, 不時, 輒, 恬恬, 長透, 時時
	Hong Kong	長日
Huizhou	Jixi	三不時, 時不時
Jin	Taiyuan	常常, 時常, 時不時
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	稠稠, 稠, 盡稠
Southern Min	Xiamen	定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時
	Quanzhou	定定, 長長, 四常, 時常, 常常, 不時
	Zhangzhou	定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 不期時
	Tainan	定定, 時常, 常常, 不時, 捷捷, 沓沓, 常在, 往往
	Manila (Hokkien)	定定, 常常, 四常, 不時
	Chaozhou	長時, 惦惦
	Shantou	經常, 時常, 時時, 惦惦
	Bangkok (Teochew)	惦惦
	Leizhou	長世, 長常
Wu	Shanghai	常樁, 常常, 經常
	Shanghai (Chongming)	千常
	Suzhou	時常, 常時, 常樁
	Ningbo	老老, 老長 rare, 長常 rare, 長時 rare
	Wenzhou	清清, 常期
Xiang	Changsha	練常, 打常, 扯常, 扯常子, 時不時
	Shuangfeng	練常, 常常

Compounds

• 人煙稠密 / 人烟稠密 (rényānchóumì)
• 人稠物穰
• 地廣人稠 / 地广人稠
• 密密稠稠
• 密稠
• 星稠
• 沸稠
• 稀稠
• 稠人 (chóurén)
• 稠人廣坐 / 稠人广坐 (chóurén guǎngzuò)
• 稠人廣眾 / 稠人广众
• 稠呼呼
• 稠咕嘟
• 稠夥 / 稠伙
• 稠密 (chóumì)
• 稠嶅
• 稠庶
• 稠心眼兒 / 稠心眼儿
• 稠掩掩
• 稠木
• 稠林
• 稠沓
• 稠涎
• 稠濃 / 稠浓
• 稠濁 / 稠浊
• 稠疊 / 稠叠
• 稠直
• 稠眾 / 稠众
• 稠穊
• 稠穰
• 稠糊 (chóuhū)
• 稠綴 / 稠缀
• 稠緊緊 / 稠紧紧
• 稠縟 / 稠缛
• 稠膏蕈
• 稠適 / 稠适
• 稠雜 / 稠杂
• 稠雲 / 稠云
• 稠餳 / 稠饧
• 稠鬧 / 稠闹
• 稠黏
• 粘稠 (niánchóu)
• 繁稠
• 造畜稠棧 / 造畜稠栈
• 黏稠 (niánchóu)

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 稠

稠

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: じゅう (jū)
• Kan-on: ちゅう (chū)
• Kun: しげる (shigeru)、おおい (ooi, 稠い)
• Nanori: しげし (shigeshi)、しげる (shigeru)

Korean

Hanja

稠 • (jo, ju) (hangeul 조, 주, revised jo, ju, McCune–Reischauer cho, chu, Yale co, cwu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

稠: Hán Nôm readings: trù

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