獸

See also: 獣 and 兽

獸	U+7378, 獸 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7378

← 獷
[U+7377]

CJK Unified Ideographs

獹 →
[U+7379]

Translingual

Traditional	獸
Shinjitai	獣
Simplified	兽

Han character

獸 (radical 94, 犬+15, 19 strokes, cangjie input 口口戈大 (RRIK) or X口口戈大 (XRRIK), four-corner 6363₄, composition ⿰嘼犬)

References

KangXi: page 721, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20775

Dae Jaweon: page 1132, character 19

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1375, character 5

Unihan data for U+7378

Chinese

trad.		獸
simp.		兽

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 獸
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (嘼) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
獸	*qʰljus
嘼	*qʰlus

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shòu (shou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhu
Min Bei (KCR): siu̿
Min Nan (POJ): siù
Wu (Wiktionary): seu (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: show
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau³
  - Yale: sau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhu
  - Hakka Romanization System: cu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cu⁴
  - IPA: /t͡sʰu⁵⁵/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siu̿
  - IPA ^(key): /siu³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siù
  - Tâi-lô: siù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siux
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiu²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiu⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiu²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiu¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiu²¹/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: seu (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /sɜ³⁴/

Middle Chinese: /ɕɨu^H/▼

Rime
Character	獸
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	舒救切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuw^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiu^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəu^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòu

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*s.tʰu(ʔ)-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*qʰljus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	獸
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ syuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*s.tʰu(ʔ)-s/
English	(wild) animal
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	獸
Reading #	1/1
No.	11712
Phonetic component	嘼
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	狩
Old Chinese	/*qʰljus/

Definitions

獸

beast, animal
bestial

Compounds

人面獸心／人面兽心 (rénmiàn shòuxīn)
噴香獸／喷香兽
困獸／困兽
困獸之鬥／困兽之斗
困獸猶鬥／困兽犹斗
如鳥獸散／如鸟兽散
孤獸／孤兽
害獸／害兽
怪獸／怪兽 (guàishòu)
毒蛇猛獸／毒蛇猛兽
洪水猛獸／洪水猛兽
海獸／海兽
狼子獸心／狼子兽心
猛獸／猛兽 (měngshòu)
獸伏／兽伏
獸力車／兽力车
獸圈／兽圈
獸姦／兽奸 (shòujiān, “bestiality (sexual activity)”)
獸媒花／兽媒花
獸心／兽心

獸心人面／兽心人面
獸性／兽性 (shòuxìng)
獸慾／兽欲 (shòuyù)
獸炭／兽炭
獸環／兽环
獸睡／兽睡
獸聚鳥散／兽聚鸟散
獸行／兽行 (shòuxíng)
獸醫／兽医 (shòuyī)
獸醫學／兽医学 (shòuyīxué)
率獸食人／率兽食人
珍禽異獸／珍禽异兽
瑞獸／瑞兽
瑰禽怪獸／瑰禽怪兽
瓦獸／瓦兽
百獸／百兽
百獸之王／百兽之王
百獸率舞／百兽率舞
皮翼獸／皮翼兽

禽奔獸遁／禽奔兽遁
禽獸／禽兽 (qínshòu)
禽獸不如／禽兽不如
經濟怪獸／经济怪兽
藥獸／药兽
蟄獸／蛰兽
衣冠禽獸／衣冠禽兽 (yīguānqínshòu)
豕交獸畜／豕交兽畜
走獸／走兽 (zǒushòu)
野獸／野兽 (yěshòu)
野獸派／野兽派
銅獸／铜兽
鎮墓獸／镇墓兽
飛禽走獸／飞禽走兽
食蟻獸／食蚁兽 (shíyǐshòu)
鳥獸／鸟兽 (niǎoshòu)
鳥獸散／鸟兽散
鳥獸行／鸟兽行
鴨嘴獸／鸭嘴兽 (yāzuǐshòu)

Japanese

Shinjitai	獣
Kyūjitai	獸

Kanji

獸

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 獣)

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Readings

Goon: しゅ (shu)
Kan’on: しゅう (shū)
Kan’yōon: じゅう (jū)
Kun: けもの (kemono, 獸); けだもの (kedamono, 獸)

Korean

Hanja

獸 • (su) (hangeul 수, McCune–Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Compounds

수간 (獸姦, sugan, “bestiality (sexual activity)”)

Vietnamese

Han character

獸 (thú)

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