貅

貅	U+8C85, 貅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8C85

← 貄
[U+8C84]

CJK Unified Ideographs

貆 →
[U+8C86]

Translingual

Han character

貅 (radical 153, 豸+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 月竹人木 (BHOD), four-corner 2429₀, composition ⿰豸休)

References

KangXi: page 1201, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36542
Dae Jaweon: page 1663, character 7
Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3911, character 6
Unihan data for U+8C85

Chinese

simp. and trad.		貅

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (休) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
茠	*qʰuː
烋	qʰruː, qʰru
恘	*kʰu
休	*qʰu
貅	*qʰu
咻	qʰu, qʰoʔ
庥	*qʰu
鵂	*qʰu
髤	*qʰu
髹	*qʰu

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *qʰu) : semantic 豸 + phonetic 休 (OC *qʰu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiū (xiu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): hiun¹ / hiu¹
Wu (Wiktionary): xieu (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiū
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ
  - Wade–Giles: hsiu¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau¹
  - Yale: yāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu
  - Tâi-lô: hiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hiun¹ / hiu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hiuⁿ / hiu
  - IPA ^(key): /hĩũ³³/, /hiu³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: xieu (T1)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕiɜ⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /hɨu/▼

Rime
Character	貅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	許尤切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/hiu/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huw/
Li Rong	/xiu/
Wang Li	/xĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*qʰu/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	貅
Reading #	1/1
No.	13920
Phonetic component	休
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	休
Old Chinese	/*qʰu/

Definitions

貅

^† (Chinese mythology) female panther-like feline; female counterpart of 貔 (pí)

Compounds

貔貅 (píxiū)

Japanese

Kanji

貅

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

brave heraldic beast

Readings

On (unclassified): きゅう (kyū)

Korean

Hanja

貅 • (hyu) (hangeul 휴, revised hyu, McCune–Reischauer hyu, Yale hyu)

brave, fierce, courageous

Vietnamese

Han character

貅 (hươu, hưu)

deer (hươu)
Pixiu 貔貅 (Tỳ hươu)

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