瘦

See also: 痩

瘦	U+7626, 瘦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7626

← 瘥
[U+7625]

CJK Unified Ideographs

瘧 →
[U+7627]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	痩
Simplified	瘦
Traditional	瘦

Alternative forms

Note that the traditional form contains 𦥑 (7 strokes) while mainland China's standardized form (新字形, Xin Zixing) contains 臼 (6 strokes). Both forms are encoded under the same code point. Depending on the font installed, this character may appear to be either 瘦 or 瘦.

Han character

瘦 (Kangxi radical 104, 疒+10 in traditional Chinese, 疒+9 in simplified Chinese, 15 strokes in traditional Chinese, 14 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 大竹難水 (KHXE), four-corner 0014₇, composition ⿸疒叟)

Derived characters

𦢝, 𩽉

Related characters

痩 (Japanese shinjitai)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 778, character 25
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22415
Dae Jaweon: page 1188, character 16
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2685, character 3
Unihan data for U+7626

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (叟) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
㮴	*suːw
艘	suːw, sɯːw
嫂	*suːwʔ
瞍	sɯːw, suːʔ
謏	slɯːwʔ, suːʔ, suːs, srɯwɢ
叜	*sluːʔ
叟	*suːʔ
傁	*suːʔ
廋	suːʔ, sru
醙	suʔ, sru
遚	*sʰrus
餿	*sru
搜	*sru
颼	*sru
溲	sru, sruʔ
鎪	*sru
獀	*sru
鄋	*sru
螋	sru, sro
騪	*sru
瘦	*srus

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *srus) : semantic 疒 + phonetic 叟 (OC *suːʔ).

Etymology 1

trad.		瘦
simp. ^#		瘦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): shòu (shou⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˋ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): sou⁴
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau³

(Taishan, Wiktionary): seu¹
Gan (Wiktionary): seu⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chheu

(Hailu, HRS): seu^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): sêu⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): sou³
Northern Min (KCR): se̿
Eastern Min (BUC): sáu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sò͘ / sò / só / só͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): sou² / sou³
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵seu
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shòu
  - Wade–Giles: shou⁴
  - Yale: shòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: show
  - Palladius: шоу (šou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: sou⁴
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu²¹³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sau³
  - Yale: sau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau³
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³³/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: seu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seu³³/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: seu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛu³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chheu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ceu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ceu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰeu̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /seu¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sêu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /seu⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: sou³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /səu⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: se̿
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /se³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sáu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑu²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘
  - Tâi-lô: sòo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sox
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò
  - Tâi-lô: sò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só
  - Tâi-lô: só
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /so⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /so⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘
  - Tâi-lô: sóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /sɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sou² / sou³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sóu / sòu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou⁵²/, /sou²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵seu
  - MiniDict: seu^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²seu
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sɤ³⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: sou⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /səu̯⁴⁵/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 瘦
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂou⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂou⁵³/
	Tianjin	/sou⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂou²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂou⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂou³¹²/
	Xi'an	/sou⁴⁴/
	Xining	/sɯ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/səu¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂou¹³/
	Ürümqi	/sɤu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/səu¹³/
	Guiyang	/səu²¹³/
	Kunming	/səu²¹²/
	Nanjing	/səɯ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sɯ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/səu⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/səu³⁵/
	Hohhot	/səu⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/sɤ³⁵/
	Suzhou	/sɤ⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/sei⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sau³⁵/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕiu³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/sə⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɛu⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/seu⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰeu⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɐu³³/
	Nanning	/sɐu³³/
	Hong Kong	/sɐu³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/søy⁴⁴/ 訓讀衰
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/so⁵⁴/ /se⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sou²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/taŋ²¹³/ 訓讀

Middle Chinese: srjuwH

Rime
Character	瘦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所佑切
Baxter	srjuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨu^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃiu^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃiəu^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuw^H/
Li Rong	/ʃiu^H/
Wang Li	/ʃĭəu^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂi̯ə̯u^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shòu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sau³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*sru-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*srus/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	瘦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shòu
Middle Chinese	‹ srjuw^H ›
Old Chinese	/*sru-s/
English	lean (adj.)
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	瘦
Reading #	1/1
No.	12090
Phonetic component	叟
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*srus/

Definitions

瘦

(of a person or animal) thin; slender; skinny
Antonyms: 胖, 肥 (féi)
(of meat) lean
to lose weight; to become thin
Antonym: 胖

他瘦了五公斤。 ― Tā shòu le wǔ gōngjīn. ― He lost five kilograms.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 瘦 (“thin; skinny (a person or animal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		瘠, 瘦
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘦, 消瘦, 清瘦, 瘦削, 清癯
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瘦
	Taiwan	瘦
	Harbin	瘦
	Malaysia	瘦
	Singapore	瘦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瘦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	瘦
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘦
	Wanrong	瘦
	Xi'an	瘦
	Xining	瘦
	Xuzhou	瘦
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	瘦
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	瘦
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瘦
	Wuhan	瘦
	Guiyang	瘦, 單精
	Guilin	瘦
	Liuzhou	瘦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	瘦
	Yangzhou	瘦
	Hefei	瘦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瘦, 瘦削
	Hong Kong	瘦, 瘦削
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	瘦
	Macau	瘦
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	瘦
	Foshan	瘦
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	瘦
	Foshan (Shunde)	瘦
	Foshan (Sanshui)	瘦
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	瘦
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	瘦
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	瘦
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	瘦
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	瘦
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	瘦
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	瘦
	Taishan	瘦
	Kaiping (Chikan)	瘦
	Enping (Niujiang)	瘦
	Heshan (Yayao)	瘦
	Dongguan	瘦
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	瘦
	Yangjiang	瘦
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	瘦
	Singapore (Guangfu)	瘦
Gan	Nanchang	瘦
	Lichuan	瘦
	Pingxiang	瘦
Hakka	Meixian	瘦
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	瘦
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	瘦
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	瘦
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	瘦
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	瘦
	Pinghe (Jiufeng)	瘦
	Changting	瘦
	Shanghang	瘦
	Longyan (Yongding)	瘦
	Wuping	瘦
	Liancheng	瘦
	Ninghua	𤸬, 猴
	Qingliu	𤸬
	Yudu	瘦
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	瘦
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	瘦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	瘦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	瘦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	瘦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	瘦
	Senai (Huiyang)	瘦
Huizhou	Jixi	瘦
Jin	Taiyuan	瘦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𤸬
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	𤸬
	Songxi	𤸬
	Zhenghe	𤸬
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	𤸬
	Jianyang	𤸬
	Wuyishan	𤸬
	Pucheng (Shibei)	瘦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𤸬
	Fuzhou (Changle)	𤸬
	Fuqing	𤸬
	Pingtan	𤸬
	Yongtai	𤸬
	Gutian	𤸬
	Fu'an	𤸬
	Ningde	𤸬
	Shouning	𤸬
	Zhouning	𤸬
	Fuding	𤸬
Southern Min	Xiamen	㾪
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	㾪
	Quanzhou	㾪
	Jinjiang	㾪
	Nan'an	㾪
	Shishi	㾪
	Hui'an	㾪
	Anxi	㾪
	Yongchun	㾪
	Dehua	㾪
	Zhangzhou	㾪, 薄抨
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	㾪
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	㾪
	Hua'an	㾪
	Nanjing	㾪
	Pinghe	㾪
	Zhangpu	㾪
	Yunxiao	㾪
	Zhao'an	㾪
	Dongshan	㾪
	Taipei	㾪
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	㾪
	Kaohsiung	㾪
	Yilan	㾪
	Changhua (Lukang)	㾪
	Taichung	㾪
	Tainan	㾪
	Hsinchu	㾪
	Kinmen	㾪
	Penghu (Magong)	㾪
	Penang (Hokkien)	㾪
	Singapore (Hokkien)	㾪
	Manila (Hokkien)	㾪
	Longyan	⿸疒袁
	Zhangping	㾪, 𤸬
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	㾪, 𤸬
	Datian	㾪
	Chaozhou	㾪
	Shantou	㾪
	Shantou (Chenghai)	㾪
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	㾪
	Singapore (Teochew)	㾪
	Leizhou	㾪
	Wenchang	㾪
	Haikou	㾪
Puxian Min	Putian	㾪
Puxian Min	Xianyou	㾪
Central Min	Yong'an	𤸬
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	𤸬
	Sanming (Shaxian)	𤸬
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	㾪
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瘦
Wu	Shanghai	瘦
	Shanghai (Chongming)	瘦
	Suzhou	瘦
	Danyang	瘦
	Hangzhou	瘦
	Ningbo	瘦
	Wenzhou	㾹
	Jinhua	瘦
Xiang	Changsha	瘦
	Loudi	瘦
	Shuangfeng	瘦

Dialectal synonyms of 瘦 (“lean (meat)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		瘦
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	瘦
	Taiwan	瘦
	Harbin	瘦
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	瘦
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	瘦
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	瘦
	Wanrong	瘦
	Xi'an	瘦
	Xining	瘦
	Xuzhou	瘦
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	瘦
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	瘦
	Wuhan	瘦
	Guiyang	瘦
	Guilin	瘦
	Liuzhou	瘦
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	瘦
	Yangzhou	瘦
	Hefei	精
Cantonese	Guangzhou	瘦
	Hong Kong	瘦
	Dongguan	瘦
	Yangjiang	瘦
Gan	Nanchang	瘦, 精
	Lichuan	精
	Pingxiang	精
Hakka	Meixian	精
Hakka	Yudu	精
Huizhou	Jixi	精
Jin	Taiyuan	瘦
Northern Min	Jian'ou	瘦
	Songxi	瘦
	Jianyang	瘦
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	㾪
	Fuqing	㾪
	Gutian	㾪
	Ningde	赤
	Zhouning	㾪
	Fuding	赤
Southern Min	Xiamen	精, 赤
	Quanzhou	精
	Yongchun	精, 赤
	Zhangzhou	赤
	Singapore (Hokkien)	精, 赤
	Longyan	精
	Datian	㾪
	Chaozhou	精
Puxian Min	Putian	精
Central Min	Yong'an	瘦
Central Min	Sanming (Shaxian)	瘦
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	瘦
Wu	Shanghai	精
	Suzhou	精
	Danyang	精
	Ningbo	精
	Wenzhou	精
	Jinhua	精
Xiang	Changsha	瘦, 精
	Loudi	精
	Shuangfeng	瘦, 精

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.		瘦
simp. ^#		瘦

Pronunciation

Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sán

(Teochew, Peng'im): sang²

Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sán
  - Tâi-lô: sán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sarn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /san⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /san⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /san⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /san⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sang²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sáng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saŋ⁵²/

Definitions

瘦

(Southern Min) Alternative form of 㾪

Japanese

Shinjitai	痩
Kyūjitai	瘦

Kanji

瘦

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 痩)

Kyūjitai form of 痩 (to become thin; to lose weight)

Readings

Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
Kan-on: そう (sō)^{←そう (sou, historical)}
On: しゅう (shū)
Kun: やせる (yaseru, 瘦せる)

Korean

Hanja

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

Vietnamese

Han character

瘦: Hán Nôm readings: sấu, xấu

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