醜

Information about character(s)

Radical: 酉
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 16
Simplified Form: 丑

Pronunciation

Pinyin: chǒu
Cantonese: cau2
JapaneseKun: MINIKUI NIKUMU TAGUI
JapaneseOn: SHUU
Korean: CHWU
Vietnamese: xấu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: ugly looking, homely; disgraceful

CE-Dict: shameful/ugly/disgraceful

Soothill: Ugly, shameful, shame, disgraceful.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.ugly
2.shameful

1.the second of the twelve Earthly Branches which in combination with the Heavenly Stems were used by the ancients to designate years, months, and days
2.a comic role; a comedian; a clown

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: uglily

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《鬼部》醜可惡也。从鬼酉聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集下】【酉字部】醜
〔古文〕媿𥆞【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤齒九切，犨上聲。【說文】可惡也。【詩·小雅】日有食之，亦孔之醜。【傳】醜，惡也。【左傳·文十八年】醜類惡物。【註】醜，亦惡也。【前漢·項羽紀】項王爲天下宰不平，今盡王故王於醜地。　又【釋名】臭也，如臭穢也。　又惡之也。【左傳·昭二十八年】惡直醜正，實蕃有徒。【史記·殷本紀】伊尹去湯適夏，旣醜有夏，復歸於亳。　又相惡也。【戰國策】又身自醜於秦。【註】自醜於秦，與秦惡也。　又羞也。【史記·魏世家】以羞先君宗廟社稷，寡人甚醜之。又【韓非傳】在知飾所說之所敬，而滅其所醜。【註】索隱曰：謂人主有所避諱而醜之，游說者當滅其事端而不言也。　又貌惡也。【前漢·五行志】或形貌醜惡，亦是也。【淮南子·說山訓】不求美，又不求醜，則無美無醜矣。　又類也。【易·漸卦】夫征不復，離羣醜也。【疏】醜，類也。【孟子】地醜德齊。　又衆也。【詩·小雅】執訊獲醜。【箋】醜，衆也。【左傳·定四年】將其醜類。【註】醜，衆也。　又比也。【禮·學記】古之學者比物醜類。【註】醜，猶比也。　又【揚子·方言】醜，同也。東齊曰醜。　又山名。【山海經】崑崙之丘，洋水出焉而西南流，注于醜塗之水。【註】醜塗，亦山名也。　又【禮·内則】鼈去醜。【註】醜，謂鼈竅也。　又姓。【後漢·袁術傳】有醜長。又複姓。【西秦錄】有下將軍醜門于第。　又【諡法】怙威肆行曰醜。【晉書·何曾傳】曾驕奢過度，宜諡繆醜。　又【韻補】叶敞呂切，音杵。【易林】東家中女，嫫母敢醜。三十無家，媒自勞苦。　【集韻】或作魗。

CF-Dict: honteux/laid/vilain/bouffon/le 2e des 12 Rameaux terrestres

Han-De-Dict: hässlich (u.E.) (Adj)/scheußlich (u.E.) (Adj)