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醜

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醜 chǒu

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醜 chǒu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chǒu | chou3
English translation
ugly; shameful; comedian, clown

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

醜 chǒu

Contains the radical

酉 yǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

demon

Etymology of 醜 chǒu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰酉鬼

Semantic compound

鬼 guǐ

Phonetic compound

酉 yǒu

Explanation

Pictograph of an animal's paw. In simplified Chinese 丑 Chǒu is also used to mean "ugly", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 醜 chǒu .

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Words with 醜 chǒu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
丑 Chǒu clown丑 Chǒu
小丑 xiǎo chǒu clown小丑 xiǎo chǒu
丑闻 chǒu wén scandal醜聞
丑陋 chǒu lòu ugly醜陋
丑恶 chǒuè ugly醜惡
出丑 chū chǒu shameful出醜
丑八怪 chǒu bā guài ugly person醜八怪
丑事 chǒu shì scandal醜事
丑化 chǒu huà to defame醜化
家丑 jiā chǒu family scandal家醜
丑态 chǒu tài shameful performance醜態
辛丑 xīn chǒu thirty-eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021辛丑 xīn chǒu
丑话 chǒu huà ugly talk醜話
丑角 chǒu jué clown丑角 chǒu jué
己丑 jǐ chǒu twenty-sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069己丑 jǐ chǒu
乙丑 yǐ chǒu second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045乙丑 yǐ chǒu
丑剧 chǒu jù farce醜劇
丁丑 dīng chǒu fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057丁丑 dīng chǒu
癸丑 guǐ chǒu fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033癸丑 guǐ chǒu
丑行 chǒu xíng scandal醜行
丢丑 diū chǒu to lose face丟丑
丑怪 chǒu guài grotesque醜怪
家丑不可外扬 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)家醜不可外揚
丑相 chǒu xiàng ugly expression醜相
丑时 chǒu shí 1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)丑時

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