漚

漚 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 水尸口口 (ESRR), four-corner 3111₆, composition ⿰氵區)

• 沤 (Simplified Chinese)

• 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

Historical forms of the character 漚
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

漚

1. to soak for a prolonged period of time; to steep
2. (dialectal) to suppress one's feelings for a long time
3. (Cantonese) to let to ferment or deteriorate for a prolonged period of time
4. (Cantonese) to develop, incubate or grow (something that is bad)

   漚雨／沤雨 [Cantonese]  ―  au³ jyu⁵ [Jyutping]  ―  to have rain soon to occur

   漚菇／沤菇 [Cantonese]  ―  au³ gu¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to have mushrooms grow

5. (Hokkien) to crumple; to wrinkle (usually clothes)
6. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) to pile up together; to heap in a jumble (such as for cooking or compost or laundry)
7. (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien, gambling) to stake bets with the money won and earned in the match to get double or even more
8. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to stake all capital in hopes of recouping what has been invested

漚

1. foam; froth
2. Alternative form of 鷗／鸥 (ōu)
3. (～江) name of river

漚

1. (Hokkien) bad; putrid; foul (smell)
2. (Hokkien) bad; rotten; spoiled; decaying (food)
3. (Hokkien) bad; poor; rotten; despicable; shoddy; inferior; substandard (quality, character, means, facial expression, etc.)
4. (Hokkien) bad; gloomy; murky; turbid; muddy (color)

• “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–

• “Entry #10640”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. to soak; to steep
2. sodden; soaked

• Go-on: う (u)
• Kan-on: おう (ō)
• Kun: ひたす (hitasu, 漚す)

漚 • (gu) (hangeul 구, revised gu, McCune–Reischauer ku, Yale kwu)

1. to soak
2. fragrance
3. foam, bubble

漚: Hán Nôm readings: âu

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