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See also: 丑

醜 (Kangxi radical 164, 酉+10, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一田竹山戈 (MWHUI), four-corner 1661₃, composition ⿰酉鬼)

• 𢹧, 𩽤

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1286, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39969
• Dae Jaweon: page 1786, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3590, character 6
• Unihan data for U+919C

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l̥ʰjuʔ): phonetic 酉 (OC *luʔ) + semantic 鬼 (“ghost, demon”) - demons are ugly in Chinese culture.

醜

1. ugly; homely; hideous

   這狗長得真醜。 [MSC, trad.]
   这狗长得真丑。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè gǒu zhǎnɡ de zhēn chǒu. [Pinyin]

   This dog is so ugly.

2. shameful; disgraceful

   醜聞／丑闻  ―  chǒuwén  ―  scandal

   你咁大個人仲要老豆老母養，你醜唔醜㗎？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你咁大个人仲要老豆老母养，你丑唔丑㗎？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ gam³ daai⁶ go³ jan⁴ zung⁶ jiu³ lou⁵ dau⁶ lou⁵ mou^5-2 joeng⁵, nei⁵ cau² m⁴ cau² gaa³? [Jyutping]

   You are this old and yet still mooching off your parents. Don't you feel ashamed?

3. shame; disgrace

   家醜不可外揚／家丑不可外扬  ―  jiāchǒu bùkě wàiyáng  ―  don't wash your dirty linen in public

4. (obsolete) evil

   • 十月之交，朔月辛卯，日有食之，亦孔之醜。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     十月之交，朔月辛卯，日有食之，亦孔之丑。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Shíyuè zhī jiāo, shuòyuè xīnmǎo, rì yǒu shí zhī, yì kǒng zhī chǒu. [Pinyin]

     At the conjunction [of the sun and moon] in the tenth month,
     On the first day of the moon, which was Xin-mao,
     The sun was eclipsed,
     A thing of very evil omen.

5. (obsolete) person or thing of the same kind
6. (obsolete) to be similar

   • 今天下地醜德齊，莫能相尚。無他，好臣其所教，而不好臣其所受教。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     今天下地丑德齐，莫能相尚。无他，好臣其所教，而不好臣其所受教。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Jīn tiānxià dì chǒu dé qí, mò néng xiàng shàng. Wú tā, hào chén qí suǒ jiào, ér bù hào chén qí suǒ shòu jiào. [Pinyin]

     Now throughout the kingdom, the territories of the princes are of equal extent, and in their achievements they are on a level. Not one of them is able to exceed the others. This is from no other reason, but that they love to make ministers of those whom they teach, and do not love to make ministers of those by whom they might be taught.

醜

(Jōyō kanji)

1. ugly
2. shameful, disgraceful

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū, Jōyō)^{←しう (siu, historical)}
• Kun: みにくい (minikui, 醜い, Jōyō)、にくむ (nikumu, 醜む)、たぐい (tagui, 醜)、しこ (shiko, 醜)

醜(しゅう) • (shū) 

1. ugliness

醜 (eum 추 (chu))

1. ugly looking, homely
2. disgraceful

醜: Hán Nôm readings: xấu, xổ, xú, xũ, sú

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