髹

髹 · xiū

red lacquer; to lacquer

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
xiū
Cantonese
jau1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

red lacquer; to lacquer

Dictionary definitions & readings

髹 xiū · red lacquer; to lacquer

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
74524.120:xiū Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1296.040:xiū Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
411.070:xiū Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
xiū粵jau1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
キュウ ク うるしぬる Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
휴:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
許尤 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
SHOD Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
7229.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1454.060 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1070j Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+9AF9
Radical
髟 · 190
Strokes
16
Residual strokes
6
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6038

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

16 strokes
髹
Strokes
16
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

16 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
xjuw · 許尤 · 流開三平尤曉 · #1010

PHONO-ML, source line 7986; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1518.608
kDaeJaweon
1984.310
kGSR
1070j
kHanYu
74524.120
kIRGDaeJaweon
1984.310
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74524.120
kIRGKangXi
1454.060
kKangXi
1454.060
kMorohashi
45430
kSMSZD2003Index
793.14
kCangjie
SHOD
kFourCornerCode
7229.4
kMojiJoho
MJ028938
kPhonetic
1505
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-775B
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EC70
kIRG_JSource
J13-7E3A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-8B6C
kIRG_KSource
K1-747E
kIRG_TSource
T2-5B7C
kRSUnicode
190.6
kTotalStrokes
16
kBigFive
EC70
kCCCII
235532
kCNS1986
2-5B7C
kCNS1992
2-5B7C
kEACC
235532
kGB0
8759
kGB1
8759
kJIS0213
1,94,26
kJis1
7387
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
7574
kTGH
2013:6038
kTaiwanTelegraph
7574
kXerox
276:302
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15323+190.10.6
kCantonese
jau1
kDefinition
red lacquer; to lacquer
kFanqie
許尤
kHangul
휴:1N
kHanyuPinyin
74524.120:xiū
kJapanese
キュウ ク うるしぬる
kJapaneseKun
URUSHI
kJapaneseOn
KYUU KU SHI
kKorean
HYU
kMandarin
xiū
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiū粵jau1
kTGHZ2013
411.070:xiū
kXHC1983
1296.040:xiū
kSemanticVariant
U+9AE4<kSMSZD2003Index:T

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 髹0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

Shape description
髟 above 休 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿱髟休$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱髟休$(GHTJKP)

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