不肖

Chinese

not; no
 
similar; resembling; to resemble
similar; resembling; to resemble; to be like
trad. (不肖) 不 肖
simp. #(不肖) 不 肖
Literally: “unlike (one's parents)”.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 不 不 不 肖
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 幫 (1) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 尤 (136) 尤 (136) 物 (60) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Closed Open
Division (等) III III III III
Fanqie 甫鳩切 方久切 分勿切 私妙切
Baxter pjuw pjuwX pjut sjewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pɨu/ /pɨuX/ /pɨut̚/ /siᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/piu/ /piuX/ /piut̚/ /siɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/piəu/ /piəuX/ /piuət̚/ /sjæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/puw/ /puwX/ /put̚/ /siawH/
Li
Rong
/piu/ /piuX/ /piuət̚/ /siɛuH/
Wang
Li
/pĭəu/ /pĭəuX/ /pĭuət̚/ /sĭɛuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pi̯ə̯u/ /pi̯ə̯uX/ /pi̯uət̚/ /si̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fōu fǒu fu xiào
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fau1 fau2 fat1 siu3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 不 不 肖 肖
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bù bù xiāo xiào
Middle
Chinese
‹ pjuw › ‹ pjuw › ‹ sjew › ‹ sjewH ›
Old
Chinese
/*pə/ /*pə/ /*[s]ew/ /*[s]ew-s/
English not 不律 writing brush (pron. in Wú 吳 ap. Shuōwén; E. Hàn) disappear resemble

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 不 不 不 肖 肖
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/2 2/2
No. 1025 1029 1048 13754 13755
Phonetic
component
不 不 不 肖 肖
Rime
group
之 之 物 宵 宵
Rime
subdivision
0 0 1 2 2
Corresponding
MC rime
不 缶 弗 宵 𥬇
Old
Chinese
/*pɯ/ /*pɯʔ/ /*pɯ'/ /*slew/ /*slews/
Notes 象花柎與本同源 中古才促化 見莊子史記 從肉小會消瘠意,
小非聲,與後起從肉肖聲翟聲字同源

Adjective

不肖

  1. (of a person) unworthy; unseemly; unpromising; dishonourable; of poor moral character
  2. (literary, of a son) unlike one's father

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (不肖):
  • → Japanese: 不(ふ)肖(しょう) (fushō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
不 肖
ふ
Grade: 4
しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ふしょー [fùshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝɕo̞ː]

Adjective

不(ふ)肖(しょう) • (fushō) -na (adnominal 不(ふ)肖(しょう)な (fushō na), adverbial 不(ふ)肖(しょう)に (fushō ni))

  1. unworthiness
  2. incompetence
  3. misfortune

Pronoun

不(ふ)肖(しょう) • (fushō) 

  1. (humble) I; me

References

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