叟

• In Taiwan and Hong Kong, this character and its derived characters are written with 𦥑 (7 strokes) as the upper component while in mainland China, this character and its derivatives are written with 臼 (6 strokes) as the upper component.
• A CJK compatibility ideograph exists at U+2F837(composition: ⿱申又) and is encoded for a historical variant found in the Ming dynasty dictionary 《重訂直音篇》.

• U+53DF 叟 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+8 in traditional Chinese, 又+7 in simplified Chinese, 10 strokes in traditional Chinese, 9 strokes in simplified Chinese, cangjie input 竹難中水 (HXLE), four-corner 7740₇, composition ⿱⿻臼丨又(G) or ⿱⿻𦥑丨又(HTJK))
• U+2F837 叟 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 中中水 (LLE), composition ⿱申又)

• 傁, 嗖, 𭎾, 嫂, 𡻁, 㥰, 搜, 溲, 遚, 膄, 㮴, 𣯜, 𭵕, 獀, 瞍, 𥕋, 𦃈, 䏂, 艘, 螋, 謏(𫍲), 𧳶, 𫌆, 𧽏, 醙, 鎪(锼), 𩌅, 颼(飕), 餿(馊), 騪(𩨄), 𩴍, 䱸(𫠑), 鄋, 㪢, 㲣, 𠭦, 㟬, 𤔣, 蓃, 𥰞, 𠪇, 廋, 瘦, 𱈷 (Note: Different form used in mainland China)
• 捜, 痩 (Japanese shinjitai containing U+2F837(⿱申又))

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 166, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3176
• Dae Jaweon: page 378, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 399, character 1
• Unihan data for U+53DF
• Unihan data for U+2F837

Originally 叜. Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 宀 (“roof; house”) + 火 (“fire”) + 又 (“hand”) – hand holding a torch in the house – original form of 搜 (“to search”).

Since the clerical script, the top components 宀 and 火 have merged into the unrelated 𦥔.

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叟

1. ^† old man; old gentleman
2. ^† (honorific) Term of address for an elderly man: sir

   • 王曰：「叟！不遠千里而來，亦將有以利吾國乎？」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     王曰：「叟！不远千里而来，亦将有以利吾国乎？」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Wáng yuē: “Sǒu! Bù yuǎn qiān lǐ ér lái, yì jiāng yǒu yǐ lì wú guó hū?” [Pinyin]

     The king said, “Venerable sir, since you have not counted it far to come here, a distance of a thousand li, may I presume that you are provided with counsels to profit my kingdom?”

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): そう (sō); しゅう (shū)
• Kun: おきな (okina, 叟)

叟 (eum 수 (su))

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叟: Hán Nôm readings: tẩu

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