丑 - chǒu - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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4 strokes
Traditional

丑 ( 丑, 醜 )

chǒu

Definition

clown
2nd earthly branch (period from 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month [6th January to 3rd February])
Year of the Ox
ancient Chinese compass point: 30°
shameful
ugly
disgraceful

Character Decomposition

Compounds (12)

girl

to turn; to twist; to wring; to sprain; to swing one's hips

紐

niǔ

to turn; to wrench; button; nu (Greek letter Νν)

button

accustomed to; blush; be shy

delicacies

accustomed to

(onom.)

handcuffs; red apricot

handcuffs

name of a mountain

to bleed from the nose (or from the ears, gums etc); (fig.) to be defeated

Related words (12)

丑時

chǒu shí

1-3 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)

丑角

chǒu jué

clown role in opera; clown; buffoon

丑鴨

chǒu yā

(bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

丁丑

dīng chǒu

fourteenth year D2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1997 or 2057

to lose face

second year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045

子丑

zǐ chǒu

first two of the twelve earthly branches 十二地支; by ext., the earthly branches

clown

twenty sixth year F2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 2009 or 2069

癸丑

guǐ chǒu

fiftieth year J2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1973 or 2033

辛丑

xīn chǒu

thirty eighth year H2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1961 or 2021; cf 辛丑條約|辛丑条约, Protocol of Beijing of 1901 ending the 8-nation intervention after the Boxer uprising

小丑魚

xiǎo chǒu yú

clownfish; anemonefish

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