丑

See also: 醜

丑	U+4E11, 丑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E11

← 丐
[U+4E10]

CJK Unified Ideographs

丒 →
[U+4E12]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

丑 (radical 1, 一+3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓土 (NG), four-corner 1710₅)

References

KangXi: page 77, character 4

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23

Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 4

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 12, character 7

Unihan data for U+4E11

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 丑

Shang

Western Zhou

Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)

Liushutong (compiled in Ming)

Oracle bone script

Bronze inscriptions

Small seal script

Transcribed ancient scripts

**Oracle bone script**
j30864	j30865	j30866	j30867	j30868	j30869	j30870	j30871
j30872	j30873

**Bronze inscriptions**
b21024	b21025	b21026	b21027	b21028	b21029	b21030	b21031
b21032	b21033	b21034	b21035	b21036	b21037	b21038

**Small seal script**
s11002

**Transcribed ancient scripts**
L35273	L35274	L35275	L35276	L18097	L18098	L18099	L18100
L18101

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 (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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		丑
alt. forms		丒㗺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chǒu (chou³)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cau²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhú
Min Nan (POJ): thiú / thiúⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chǒu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˇ
  - Wade–Giles: ch'ou³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: choou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cau²
  - Yale: cháu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ceo²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhú
  - Hakka Romanization System: cu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cu³
  - IPA: /t͡sʰu³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiú
  - Tâi-lô: thiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiuo
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /tʰiu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiu⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiúⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: thiúnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tviuo
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiũ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /ʈʰɨu^X/▼

Rime
Character	丑
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	徹 (10)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	敕久切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʈʰɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈʰiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ȶʰiəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈʰuw^X/
Li Rong	/ȶʰiu^X/
Wang Li	/ȶʰĭəu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȶʰi̯ə̯u^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chǒu

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[n̥]ruʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰuʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	丑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chǒu
Middle Chinese	‹ trhjuw^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[n̥]ruʔ/
English	2d earthly branch
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	丑
Reading #	1/1
No.	1526
Phonetic component	丑
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	丑
Old Chinese	/*n̥ʰuʔ/

Definitions

丑

Coordinate terms

(earthly branches) 地支; 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥

Compounds

小丑 (xiǎochǒu)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 丑 – see 醜 (“ugly”). (This character, 丑, is the simplified form of 醜.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

丑

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1:00 AM to 3:00 AM.
The ox, the second sign of Chinese zodiac.

Readings

Goon: ちゅ (chu)^{←ちゆ (tyu, historical)}
Kan’on: ちゅう (chū)^{←ちう (tiu, historical)}
On: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}; しゅう (shū)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
Kun: うし (ushi, 丑)
Nanori: ひろ (hiro)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
丑
うし Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

From 牛 (ushi, “bull; cow; ox”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) うし [ùshí] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝɕi]
Homophone: 牛

Proper noun

丑 (hiragana うし, rōmaji Ushi)

the Ox, the second of the twelve Earthly Branches

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
丑
ちゅう Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 丑 (trhjuw^X)

Proper noun

丑 (hiragana ちゅう, rōmaji Chū, historical hiragana ちう)

the Ox, the second of the twelve Earthly Branches

Korean

Hanja

丑 • (chuk, chu)

Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 축, 추 (revised: chuk, chu, McCune–Reischauer: ch'uk, ch'u)
- Name (hangeul): 소, 이름 (revised: so, ileum, McCune–Reischauer: so, irǔm)

clown, comedian
2nd terrestrial branch

References

Naver Hanja Dictionary: 丑

Vietnamese

Han character

丑 (sửu, giấu, sấu, xấu)

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References

Nom Foundation

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