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(Kangxi radical 93, +6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹手土木戈 (HQGDI), four-corner 24541, composition)

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| | Old Chinese | | | -------------------------------- | --------------------- | | | *tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ | | | *dɯːʔ | | | *ljɯs | | | *l'ɯ | | | *dɯʔ | | | *dɯʔ | | | *dɯʔ | | | *dɯʔ | | | *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ | | | *dɯʔ, *tjɯʔ, *djɯʔ | | | *dɯʔ, *djɯs | | | *dɯʔ | | | *djɯ | | | *djɯ | | | *djɯ | | | *djɯ, *djɯs | | | *djɯ | | | *djɯʔ | | | *djɯs | | | *hljɯ | | | *hljɯ | | | *dɯːɡ |

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *dɯːɡ): semantic (“ox”) + phonetic (OC *ljɯs) – large bull.

There seem to be two main semantic fields: "bull" and "single; unique". It is unclear whether these two fields are related. Schuessler (2007) suggests a possible derivation of "bull" from "match", but "bull" seems to be the earlier sense. The "single; unique" sense could be an extension of "bull" due to its largeness (Li Xueqin, 2012).

In the "bull" sense, it is related to (OC *dɯɡ, “ox”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Wang (1982) relates the "three-year-animal" sense to (OC *l'oːɡ, “calf”); see there for more.

In the "single" sense, it is related to (OC *dɯɡ, “simply; only”), (OC *tjɯɡ, “simply; only”) (Schuessler, 2007). Wang (1982) relates it to (OC *l'aː) and (OC *daːnʔ) in the "only" sense, as well as (OC *doːɡ, “single”) in the "single" sense, but see these entries for more.


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BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin)
MiddleChinese dok
OldChinese /*[d]ˁək/
English bull
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 12055
Phoneticcomponent
Rimegroup
Rimesubdivision 0
CorrespondingMC rime
OldChinese /*dɯːɡ/

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) bull; ox
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) cattle
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of animals, especially bull) male
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) one domestic animal
  5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) three-year-old animal
  6. (literary) single; alone; by oneself
  7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) match; mate; spouse
  8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to stand tall
  9. special; unique; distinguished
  10. (literary) only; just
  1. specially; intentionally
  2. (colloquial) especially; outstandingly
    今天。/今天。 ― Jīntiān tiān rè. ― It's especially hot today.
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) in vain
  4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) unexpectedly; yet
  5. Short for 特務特务 (tèwù, “special agent; spy”).
  6. (Mainland China) Short for 特克斯 (tèkèsī, “tex”).
  7. a surname

Dialectal synonyms of 公牛 (“bull; ox”) [map]

Variety Location Words edit
Classical Chinese ,
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 公牛, 牯牛, 牡牛, 雄牛, 種牛
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 公牛
Taiwan 公牛
Langfang 牤牛
Chengde 牤牛
Ulanhot 牤牛, 牤子
Tongliao 牤牛, 牤子
Chifeng 公牛, 牤牛
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 牤牛, 牤子
Heihe 公牛, 牤牛, 牤子
Qiqihar 公牛, 牤牛, 牤子
Harbin 公牛, 牤子, 牤牛
Jiamusi 牤牛, 牤子
Baicheng 公牛, 老犍牛, 牤牛, 牤子
Changchun 牤牛
Tonghua 牤子
Shenyang 公牛, 犍子, 牤牛, 牤子
Jinzhou 牤牛, 牤子, 犍牛
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 公牛
Tangshan 牤牛, 犍牛
Cangzhou 公牛, 犍子
Baoding 牤子, 犍子
Shijiazhuang 牤牛
Lijin 犍子
Jinan 牤牛, 公牛, 犍子
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 公牛
Dandong 牤牛
Yantai 公牛
Yantai (Muping) 犍子, 蛋犍子
Qingdao 公牛
Zhucheng 犍子
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 公牛
Lingbao 犍牛
Jining 毛牛
Daming 毛牛
Wanrong 𤙎牛
Linfen 牤牛
Shangqiu 公牛, 牤牛, 老犍, 犍子
Yuanyang 牤牛, 老犍
Zhengzhou 牤牛, 老犍
Xinyang 牯子
Baihe 公牛, 犍牛
Xi'an 公牛, 犍牛
Baoji 犍牛
Tianshui 犍牛
Xining 公牛, 犍牛
Xuzhou 公牛, 牤牛
Pizhou 趴牯
Lianyungang (Ganyu) 犍牛, 老犍
Donghai 公牛, 牯牛
Fuyang 公牛, 牤牛
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 脬牛
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 脬牛
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 公牛, 騷牛
Bayanhot 公牛, 犍牛
Lanzhou 公牛, 騷牛, 脬牛
Dunhuang 犍牛, 脬牛, 條牛
Hami 公牛
Ürümqi 公牛, 脬牛
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 公牛, 牯牛
Nanchong 公牛
Dazhou 公牛
Hanyuan 公牛
Xichang 公牛
Zigong 公牛
Chongqing 公牛, 牯牛
Wuhan 公牛, 牯牛
Yichang 公牛
Xiangyang 公牛
Tianmen 公牛, 牯牛
Guiyang 公牛, 牯牛, 騷牯
Zunyi 公牛
Bijie 牯子
Liping 牯子
Zhaotong 牯子兒郎
Dali 牯子牛
Kunming 公牛
Mengzi 公牛
Guilin 公牛
Liuzhou 公牛, 牛牯
Jishou 牛牯子
Changde 牯牛
Hanzhong 公牛
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 公牛, 牯子, 騷牯子
Yangzhou 公牛, 牯牛
Baoying 牯牛
Taizhou 驐牛
Zhenjiang 公牛
Lianyungang 公牛, 老犍牛, 牤牛, 趴牯
Lianshui 趴牛
Xuyi 犍牛, 牯牛
Nantong 公牛
Rugao 趴牛
Yancheng 公牛
Funing 牯牛
Anqing 公牛
Wuhu 公牛
Hefei 公牛, 犍牛, 牯牛
Huanggang 牯牛
Hong'an 牯子
Cantonese Guangzhou 牛公, 牛牯
Hong Kong 牛公, 公牛
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 牛公
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 牛公
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 牛牯
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 牛牯
Macau 牛公
Guangzhou (Panyu) 牛公
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 牛公
Guangzhou (Conghua) 牛公
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 生牯
Foshan 牛公
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 牛公
Foshan (Shunde) 牛公
Foshan (Sanshui) 牛牯
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 牛牯
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 牛公
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 牛公
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 牛牯
Zhuhai (Doumen) 牛公
Jiangmen (Baisha) 牛牯
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 牛牯
Taishan 牛牯, 牛公
Kaiping (Chikan) 牛牯
Enping (Niujiang) 牛牯
Heshan (Yayao) 牛公
Dongguan 牛公
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 牛公
Qingyuan 牛牯
Fogang 牛牯
Yingde (Hanguang) 牛公
Yangshan 牛牯
Lianshan (Butian) 牛牯
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) 牛牯
Shaoguan 牛公, 牛牯
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 牛牯
Renhua 牛牯
Lechang 牛牯
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 牛牯
Sihui 牛牯
Guangning 牛牯
Deqing 牛公
Huaiji 牛公
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 牛牯
Yunfu 牛牯
Xinxing 牛牯
Luoding 牛牯
Yunan (Pingtai) 牛牯
Yangjiang 牛公, 牛牯
Xinyi 牛牯
Lianjiang 牛公
Nanning 牛公
Wuzhou 牛牯
Yulin 牛公, 牛牯
Danzhou 公牛
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 牛公
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 牛公
Gan Nanchang 牛牯, 樣牯子
Lichuan 牛牯
Pingxiang 牛牯, 牯牛
Hakka Meixian 牛牯, 牛牯仔
Xingning 牛牯
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 牛牯, 牛公
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 牛牯
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 牛牯
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 牛牯
Dongguan (Qingxi) 牛公, 牛牯仔
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 牛公, 牛牯
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 牛公, 牛牯
Boluo (Bendihua) 牛牯
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 牛牯
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 牛牯
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 牛牯
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 牛牯
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 牛牯
Wuhua (Huacheng) 牛牯
Wuhua (Changbu) 牛牯
Wuhua (Mianyang) 牛牯
Heyuan (Bendihua) 牛牯
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 牛牯
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 牛牯
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 牛牯
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 牛牯
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 牛牯
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 牛牯
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 牛牯
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 牛牯
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 牛牯
Liannan 牛牯
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 牛牯
Jiexi 牛牯
Changting 牛牯
Wuping 牛牯
Ninghua 牛牯
Yudu 牛牯
Shicheng 牛牯
Shangyou (Shexi) 牛牯
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 牛牯
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 牛牯
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 牛牯
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 牛牯
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 牛牯
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 牛牯
Hong Kong 牛牯
Luchuan 牛牯
Luchuan (Daqiao) 牛牯頭
Sabah (Longchuan) 牛牯
Senai (Huiyang) 牛牯
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 牛牯
Singkawang 牛牯
Huizhou Jixi 牯牛
Shexian 公牛
Huangshan (Tunxi) 公牛
Yixian 牯牛, 犍牯
Qimen 牯牛, 騷牯
Wuyuan 牛牯仂
Dexing 牛牯
Jin Taiyuan 公牛
Pingyao 牙牛
Yangyuan 犍牛, 牤牛
Datong 公牛
Xinzhou 公牛, 犍牛
Lüliang (Lishi) 公牛
Changzhi 公牛, 牤牛, 犍牛
Taibus (Baochang) 牤牛
Linhe 公牛, 騷牛, 犍牛
Jining 牤牛, 犍牛
Hohhot 牤牛, 犍牛
Baotou 犍牛
Dongsheng 公牛
Erenhot 公牛, 犍牛
Pingshan 炮牛
Zhangjiakou 犍牛, 牤牛
Handan 公牛, 犍牛
Linzhou 牤牛
Suide 犍牛
Northern Min Jian'ou 牛牯
Jian'ou (Dikou) 牛牯
Songxi 牛牯
Zhenghe 牛牯
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 牛牯
Jianyang 牛牯
Wuyishan 牛牯
Pucheng (Shibei) 牛牯
Eastern Min Fuzhou 牛犅
Fuzhou (Changle) 牛犅
Fuqing 牛犅
Yongtai 牛犅
Gutian 牛角
Fu'an 牛牯
Ningde 牛犅
Shouning 牛牯
Zhouning 牛牯
Fuding 牛牯
Matsu 牛犅
Southern Min Xiamen 牛犅
Xiamen (Tong'an) 牛犅
Quanzhou 牛犅
Jinjiang 牛犅
Yongchun 牛犅, 牛牯
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 牛犅
Dongshan 牛公
Taipei 牛犅, 牛種
New Taipei (Sanxia) 牛犅, 牛種
Kaohsiung 牛犅, 牛哥 , 牛種仔
Yilan 牛犅, 牛哥 , 牛種
Changhua (Lukang) 牛公, 牛犅仔, 牛種
Taichung 牛公, 牛哥
Tainan 牛犅, 牛哥 , 牛種仔
Hsinchu 牛犅, 牛哥
Kinmen 牛犅, 牛哥
Penghu (Magong) 牛犅, 牛哥
Singapore (Hokkien) 牛公, 牛犅
Zhangping 牛犅
Zhangping (Yongfu) 牛牯, 牛犅
Datian 牛犅
Pingnan (Shangdu) 公牛
Chaozhou 牛牯
Shantou 牛牯
Shantou (Chenghai) 牛牯
Shantou (Chaoyang) 公牛
Jieyang 牛牯
Haifeng 牛牯
Bangkok (Teochew) 牛公
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 牛牯
Leizhou 牛牯
Wenchang 牛牯
Haikou 牛公, 牛牯
Puxian Min Putian 牛犅, 牛哥, 公牛
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 牛公, 牛板
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 牛犅
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) 牛公
Xianyou 牛犅, 牛哥
Xianyou (Fengting) 牛犅
Xianyou (Youyang) 牛犅
Fuding (Aoyao) 牛牯
Central Min Yong'an 牛牯
Sanming (Sanyuan) 牛牯
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 牛翁
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 牛牯
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 公牛, 牯牛
Wu Shanghai 雄牛, 公牛
Shanghai (Songjiang) 雄牛
Shanghai (Jiading) 牯牛, 公牛
Shanghai (Chongming) 牯牛
Suzhou 雄牛, 牯牛
Wuxi 雄牛
Changshu 雄牛
Nantong (Haimen) 雄牛
Changzhou 公牛
Danyang 公牛
Nanjing (Gaochun) 𤙱牛
Hangzhou 公牛
Ningbo 雄牛
Wenzhou 牛牯
Jinhua 雄牛, 牛牯
Jinhua (Tangxi) 羯牯
Xiang Changsha 牛牯子, 牛牯, 牯牛, 牛公子, 牛公, 騷牯子
Xiangtan 牯牛
Shuangfeng 牛牯
Hengyang 牯牛
Quanzhou 牯牛
Note ‡ - stud

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. ox, bull
  2. special, exceptional, extraordinary
  3. especially

From Middle Chinese (MC dok, “special; male livestock”).

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(eumhun 특별할 (teukbyeolhal teuk))
(eumhun 수컷 (sukeot teuk))

  1. (used in compounds) hanja form? of (“special; exceptional”)
  2. (literary) hanja form? of (“male animal”)

特: Hán Nôm readings: đặc, đực, đước, được, sệt

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