仇

See also: 讐

仇 U+4EC7, 仇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4EC7 ← 仆 [U+4EC6] CJK Unified Ideographs 仈 → [U+4EC8]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

仇 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人大弓 (OKN), four-corner 2421₇, composition ⿰亻九)

Derived characters

• 𠯾, 𮇈, 𰫜, 𨥐, 𦬖, 𰣥, 㖌

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 91, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 355
• Dae Jaweon: page 193, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 109, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4EC7

Chinese

simp. and trad.		仇
alternative forms		讎／雠 “resentment” 㐜

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 仇
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Small seal script s05887 Transcribed ancient scripts L35394
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

	Old Chinese
尻	*kʰuː
訄	*kʰuː, *kʰu, *ɡu
艽	*krɯːw, *qʰrɯːw, *ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
虓	*qʰruː
鳩	*ku
勼	*ku
九	*kuʔ
究	*kus
仇	*ɡu
鼽	*ɡu
犰	*ɡu
叴	*ɡu
厹	*ɡu
頄	*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
朹	*ɡu, *kʷrɯwʔ
馗	*ɡu, *ɡʷrɯw
扏	*ɡu
訅	*ɡu
釚	*ɡu
肍	*ɡu
軌	*kʷrɯwʔ
宄	*kʷrɯwʔ
氿	*kʷrɯwʔ
匭	*kʷrɯwʔ
泦	*kuɡ
旭	*qʰʷoɡ

Characters in the same phonetic series (九) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡu) : semantic 亻 (“person”) + phonetic 九 (OC *kuʔ) – spouse.

Pronunciation 1

Variety	Location	edit 仇
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰou³⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰou²⁴/
	Tianjin	/ʈ͡ʂʰou⁴⁵/ /t͡sʰou⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰou⁴²/
	Qingdao	/tʃʰou⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰou⁴²/
	Xi'an	/ʈ͡ʂʰou²⁴/
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰɯ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰəu⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰou⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰɤu⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰəu²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰəu³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰəu²¹/ ～恨 /t͡ɕʰiəu²¹/ 姓
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰəu³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰəɯ²⁴/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰɯ⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰəu¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰəu¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰəu³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/zɤ²³/
	Suzhou	/zɤ¹³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡zei²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/d͡ʑɤu³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰiu⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂəu¹³/
	Xiangtan	/ɖ͡ʐəɯ¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰɨu²⁴/
Hakka	Meixian	/su¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/ʃu¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sɐu²¹/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰɐu²¹/
	Hong Kong	/sɐu²¹/ /t͡sʰɐu²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/siu³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sieu⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰiu²¹/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sʰiu⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/siu³¹/ /sɔu³¹/

Rime
Character	仇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切
Baxter	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiú
Middle Chinese	‹ gjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)u/
English	mate (*n.)
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	仇
Reading #	1/1
No.	6944
Phonetic component	九
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chóu (chou²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sau⁴ / cau⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): siu³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): sù

  (Meixian, Guangdong): su²

• Eastern Min (BUC): siù
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): siû

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciu⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶zeu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou²
    • Yale: chóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chour
    • Palladius: чоу (čou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sau⁴ / cau⁴
    • Yale: sàuh / chàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau⁴ / tsau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo⁴ / ceo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯²¹/, /t͡sʰɐu̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: siu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siu²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sù
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su²
    • Sinological IPA: /su¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: su²
    • Sinological IPA: /su¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: siù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siû
    • Tâi-lô: siû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciu⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiû
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiu⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zeu
    • MiniDict: zeu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zeu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zɤ²³/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)u/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/

Definitions

仇

1. hatred; enmity; resentment
2. enemy; foe; adversary

   • 我又要叫你和女人彼此為仇。你的後裔和女人的後裔也彼此為仇。 [MSC, trad.]
     我又要叫你和女人彼此为仇。你的后裔和女人的后裔也彼此为仇。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ yòu yào jiào nǐ hé nǚrén bǐcǐ wéi chóu. Nǐ de hòuyì hé nǚrén de hòuyì yě bǐcǐ wéi chóu. [Pinyin]

     And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed.

3. to make reprisals; to retaliate
4. to proofread; to check against the original

Compounds

• 一箭之仇
• 不解之仇
• 世仇 (shìchóu)
• 九世之仇 (jiǔshìzhīchóu)
• 仇人 (chóurén)
• 仇口兒／仇口儿
• 仇國論／仇国论
• 仇家 (chóujiā)
• 仇怨 (chóuyuàn)
• 仇恨 (chóuhèn)
• 仇敵／仇敌 (chóudí)
• 仇殺／仇杀 (chóushā)
• 仇疙瘩
• 仇視／仇视 (chóushì)
• 仇隙
• 仇香
• 借交報仇／借交报仇
• 借客報仇／借客报仇
• 公報私仇／公报私仇 (gōngbàosīchóu)
• 冤仇 (yuānchóu)
• 分天之仇
• 切骨之仇
• 前仇
• 千仇萬恨／千仇万恨
• 反目成仇 (fǎnmùchéngchóu)
• 口仇
• 同仇 (tóngchóu)
• 同仇敵愾／同仇敌忾 (tóngchóudíkài)
• 報仇／报仇 (bàochóu)
• 報仇雪恨／报仇雪恨 (bàochóu xuěhèn)
• 報仇雪恥／报仇雪耻 (bàochóuxuěchǐ)
• 夙仇
• 嫉惡如仇／嫉恶如仇
• 嫉惡若仇／嫉恶若仇
• 官報私仇／官报私仇
• 寇仇 (kòuchóu)
• 尋仇／寻仇
• 復仇／复仇 (fùchóu)
• 復仇雪恥／复仇雪耻
• 怨仇 (yuànchóu)
• 恩將仇報／恩将仇报 (ēnjiāngchóubào)
• 戴天之仇
• 敵愾同仇／敌忾同仇
• 朋比作仇
• 深仇大恨 (shēnchóudàhèn)
• 瀝血之仇／沥血之仇
• 爵仇
• 疾之如仇
• 疾之若仇
• 疾惡如仇／疾恶如仇
• 疾惡若仇／疾恶若仇
• 祁奚薦仇／祁奚荐仇
• 私仇 (sīchóu)
• 結仇／结仇 (jiéchóu)
• 薄海同仇
• 血海深仇 (xuèhǎishēnchóu)
• 親痛仇快／亲痛仇快 (qīntòngchóukuài)
• 解劍拜仇／解剑拜仇
• 記仇／记仇 (jìchóu)
• 靦顏事仇／䩄颜事仇

 

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	仇
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	巨鳩切
Baxter	gjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡiu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/guw/
Li Rong	/ɡiu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kau4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	仇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiú
Middle Chinese	‹ gjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)u/
English	mate (*n.)
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	仇
Reading #	1/1
No.	6944
Phonetic component	九
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	𧚍
Old Chinese	/*ɡu/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiú (qiu²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kiû
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶jieu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiú
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cióu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiu²
    • Yale: chyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyou
    • Palladius: цю (cju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯oʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kau⁴
    • Yale: kàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: keo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiû
    • Tâi-lô: kiû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiu²³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶jieu
    • MiniDict: jieu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jjieu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑiɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: gjuw

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ](r)u/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡu/

Definitions

仇

1. companion; peer
2. spouse; mate
3. a surname

Compounds

• 仇仇
• 仇偶

 

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 仇

仇

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: ぐ (gu)
• Kan-on: きゅう (kyū)
• Kun: あだ (ada, 仇)、かたき (kataki, 仇)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
仇
あだ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あだ [àdáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [a̠da̠]

Noun

仇(あだ) • (ada) 

1. foe, enemy

Etymology 2

Noun

仇(かたき) • (kataki) 

1. Alternative form of 敵

References

1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

仇 (eum 구 (gu))

1. enemy
2. hate, hatred
3. enmity

Vietnamese

Han character

仇: Hán Nôm readings: cừu

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