漚
See also: 沤
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Translingual
Han character
漚 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水尸口口 (ESRR), four-corner 31116, composition ⿰氵區)
Related characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 646, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18139
- Dae Jaweon: page 1055, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1719, character 3
- Unihan data for U+6F1A
Chinese
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 漚 | |
|---|---|
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
Characters in the same phonetic series (區) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Etymology 1
| trad. | 漚 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 沤 | |
| alternative forms | 吽 Cantonese | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: òu
- Zhuyin: ㄡˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: òu
- Wade–Giles: ou4
- Yale: òu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ow
- Palladius: оу (ou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: au3
- Yale: au
- Cantonese Pinyin: au3
- Guangdong Romanization: eo3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au
- Tâi-lô: au
- Phofsit Daibuun: aw
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /au⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: áu
- Tâi-lô: áu
- Phofsit Daibuun: ao
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /au⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note: áu - "to stake bets to get double or even more".
- Middle Chinese: 'uwH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qoːs/
Definitions
漚
- to soak for a prolonged period of time; to steep
- (dialectal) to suppress one's feelings for a long time
- (Cantonese) to let to ferment or deteriorate for a prolonged period of time
- (Cantonese) to develop, incubate or grow (something that is bad)
- (Hokkien) to crumple; to wrinkle (usually clothes)
- (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pile up together; to heap in a jumble (such as for cooking or compost or laundry)
- (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, gambling) to stake bets with the money won and earned in the match to get double or even more
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to stake all capital in hopes of recouping what has been invested
Compounds
Etymology 2
| trad. | 漚 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 沤 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: ōu
- Zhuyin: ㄡ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ou
- Wade–Giles: ou1
- Yale: ōu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ou
- Palladius: оу (ou)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀoʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: au1
- Yale: āu
- Cantonese Pinyin: au1
- Guangdong Romanization: eo1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɐu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.
- Middle Chinese: 'uw
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*qoː/
Definitions
漚
Compounds
- 如海一漚 / 如海一沤
- 水上漚 / 水上沤
- 浮漚 / 浮沤
- 漚子 / 沤子
- 漚籃 / 沤篮
Etymology 3
| trad. | 漚 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 沤 | |
| alternative forms | ||
Pronunciation
Definitions
漚
- (Hokkien) bad; putrid; foul (smell)
- (Hokkien) bad; rotten; spoiled; decaying (food)
- (Hokkien) bad; poor; rotten; despicable; shoddy; inferior; substandard (quality, character, means, facial expression, etc.)
- (Hokkien) bad; gloomy; murky; turbid; muddy (color)
Compounds
References
- “漚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Further reading
- “漚”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
Japanese
Kanji
漚
Readings
Korean
Hanja
漚 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)
Vietnamese
Han character
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