丑 U+4E11 , 丑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E11 ← 丐 [U+4E10] CJK Unified Ideographs 丒 → [U+4E12]

Stroke order

丑 ( Kangxi radical 1, 一 +3, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓土 ( NG ), four-corner 1710 ₅ , composition ? ユ 十 or ? ? ? )

Traditional	丑
Simplified	丑
Japanese	丑
Korean	丑

In Mainland China's Modern Chinese General Chinese Characters Stroke Order Standard ( ?代??通用字???范 ) and Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian ( 《 ?代???范?典 》 ), the third stroke touches the first stroke ( 相接 ( xi?ngji? )) but does not cross over it. In the Taiwan, Japan and Hong Kong standards, the third stroke crosses over the first stroke ( 相交 ( xi?ngji?o )).

• ? ? ? ? ? ? 杻 ? ? ? ? ? 紐 ( ? ) ? ? ? ? ( ? ) ? ? ?? 羞 ? ? ? ?

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 77 , character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23
• Dae Jaweon: page 154, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 12, character 7
• Unihan data for U+4E11

Pictogram ( 象形 ) ? a hand.

trad.		丑
simp. #		丑
alternative forms		? ? ??

Smith (2010) proposes that 丑 graphically depicts the claw-like "final, narrow phase of the moon"; he glosses it as "thing that pinches > pincer" and groups it into a word-family which is based on ? ( OC *nu?, *tnu? , “twist, pinch”) and also includes

• 手 ( OC *hnj?w? , “hand”);
• 杻 ( OC *nu?, *n??u? ) ~ ? ( OC *n???w? , “manacle”), which equally uses 丑 ( OC *n??u? ) or 手 ( OC *hnj?w? ) as phonophoric, as noted by Unger (1995) and Sagart (1999) ;
• 紐 ( OC *nu? ) ~ ? ( OC *nu? , “grip handle”), with which Shuowen glosses 丑 ( OC *n??u? );
• ? ( OC *nu?, *nus , “animal tracks”), suggested to mean "animals' fingers" by Sagart (1999) .

Its association with the ox is from Austroasiatic ( Mei, 1980 ; Norman, 1985 ; Ferlus, 2013 ); compare Proto-Vietic *c-luː ( “ water buffalo ” ) , Proto-Mon-Khmer *krpi? ~ *krpiiw ~ *krpu? ~ *(kr)puh ( “ buffalo ” ) , Proto-Austroasiatic *k.r.pu.y ( “ buffalo ” ) .

丑

1. second of twelve earthly branches ( 地支 )
   1. ( Chinese zodiac ) ox ( 牛 )
2. a surname

• ( Chinese earthly branches ) 地支 ( dizh? ) ; 子 , 丑 ( ch?u ) , 寅 ( yin ) , 卯 ( m?o ) , 辰 ( chen ) , 巳 ( si ) , 午 ( w? ) , 未 ( wei ) , 申 ( sh?n ) , 酉 ( y?u ) , 戌 , 亥 ( hai ) ^{(Category: zh:Chinese earthly branches )}

trad.		丑
simp. #		丑

From 醜 ／ 丑 ( ch?u , “ugly”):

以 墨粉 塗 面 ， 其 形 甚 醜 。 今 省文 ? 丑 。 [ Classical Chinese , trad. ]

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以 墨粉 ? 面 ， 其 形 甚 醜 。 今 省文 ? 丑 。 [ Classical Chinese , simp. ]

From: 1559 , 徐渭 [ Xu Wei ], 《南詞?錄》 [ An Account of Southern Drama ]

Y? mof?n tu mian, qi xing shen ch?u. J?n x?ngwen wei ch?u . [Pinyin]

His face is smeared with powdered ink, and his appearance is very 醜 (ugly). It is now graphically simplified to 丑 .

丑

1. clown ; comedian

For pronunciation and definitions of 丑 ? see 醜 (“ ugly ; homely ; hideous ; shameful ; disgraceful ; etc.”). ( This character is the simplified form of 醜 ).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia , and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau , and Taiwan.

( “Jinmeiy?” kanji used for names )

1. 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM.
2. The ox , the second sign of Chinese zodiac .

• Go-on : ちゅ ( chu ) ^{← ちゆ ( tyu , historical )}
• Kan-on : ちゅう ( ch? ) ^{← ちう ( tiu , historical )}
• On : しゅ ( shu ) ^{← しゆ ( syu , historical )} ; しゅう ( sh? ) ^{← しう ( siu , historical )}
• Kun : うし ( ushi , 丑 )
• Nanori : ひろ ( hiro )

Kanji in this term
丑
うし Jinmeiy?
kun’yomi

From 牛 ( ushi , “ bull ; cow ; ox ” ) .

• ( Tokyo ) う し [ushi] ( Heiban ? [0])
• IPA ^{( key )} : [????i]

• Homophone : 牛

丑 ( うし ) ? ( Ushi ) 

1. the Ox , the second of the twelve Earthly Branches

   Hypernyms: 十二支 , 地支

   Coordinate terms: 子 , 丑 , 寅 , 卯 , 辰 , 巳 , 午 , 未 , 申 , 酉 , 戌 , 亥

Kanji in this term
丑
ちゅう Jinmeiy?
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 丑 ( trhjuw ^X ) .

丑 ( ちゅう ) ? ( Ch? )  ^{← ちう ( tiu ) ?}

1. the Ox , the second of the twelve Earthly Branches

   Hypernyms: 十二支 , 地支

   Coordinate terms: 子 , 丑 , 寅 , 卯 , 辰 , 巳 , 午 , 未 , 申 , 酉 , 戌 , 亥

From a corrupted or unorthodox reading . The original reading is 秋 ( chu ) based on Middle Chinese 丑 ( MC trhjuwX ).

• ( SK Standard / Seoul ) IPA ^{( key )} : [t???uk?]
• Phonetic hangul: [ 軸 ]

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丑 ( eumhun 소 軸 ( so chuk ) )
丑 ( eumhun 둘째 支持 軸 ( duljjae jiji chuk ) )

1. Hanja form ^? of 軸 ( “ ox ; second earthly branch ” ) .

From Middle Chinese 丑 ( MC trhjuwX ). Recorded as Middle Korean 튜??  ( Yale : thy?w ) in Dongguk Jeongun ( 東國正韻 / 東國正韻 ), 1448.

• ( SK Standard / Seoul ) IPA ^{( key )} : [t???u]
• Phonetic hangul: [ 秋 ]

丑 ( eumhun 사람 이름 秋 ( saram ireum chu ) )

1. Used in personal names .

• 國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 電子辭典／電子字典 . [1]

丑 : Han Nom readings: s?u , gi?u , s?u , x?u , tr?u , tr?u , ch?u , ch?u

1. ch? Han form of S?u ( “ second of the twelve earthly branches ” ) .

   Hypernyms: 地支 , 十二支

   Coordinate terms: 子 , 丑 , 寅 , 卯 , 辰 , 巳 , 午 , 未 , 申 , 酉 , 戌 , 亥

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