讐

See also: 讎 and 仇
讐 U+8B90, 讐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8B90
← 讏
[U+8B8F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 讑 →
[U+8B91]

Translingual

Han character

讐 (radical 149, 言+16, 23 strokes, cangjie input 人土卜一口 (OGYMR), composition ⿱雔言)

  1. enemy, rival, opponent

References

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 讐 – see 讎 (“enemy, rival, opponent”).
(This character, 讐, is a variant form of 讎.)

Japanese

Kanji
讐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. enemy
  2. revenge, vengeance

Readings

Etymology
Kanji in this term
讐
あだ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

/ata/ → /ada/

A sound shift in the Edo period from earlier form ata, itself from classical verb 当つ (atsu), which became modern 当たる (ataru, “to be against”).

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Noun

讐 (hiragana あだ, rōmaji ada)

  1. an opponent, an enemy, a foe
  2. harm, injury
  3. terrible treatment (of someone or something)
  4. hate towards someone, a grudge

Usage notes

The spelling 仇 is much more common.

Synonyms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9

Korean

Hanja

讐 (eum 수 (su))

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Vietnamese

Han character

讐: Hán Nôm readings: cừu, thù

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