孰

孰 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜木大弓戈 (YDKNI), four-corner 0541₇, composition ⿰享丸)

• 𪦝, 塾, 𡙰, 𤍨, 熟, 𪜟, 䃞, 𨄡, 𨶝

• 埶

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 280, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6995
• Dae Jaweon: page 549, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1016, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5B70

Historical forms of the character 孰
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djɯwɢ) : phonetic 𦎫 () + semantic 丮. In modern script 𦎫 and 丮 have corrupted into 享 and 丸 respectively.

From *du + *-k (“distributive suffix”); cognate with 誰 (OC *djul, “who”), 疇 (OC *du, “who”) (Schuessler, 2007).

孰

1. Original form of 熟 (shú).
2. emphatic or interrogative pronoun
   1. who; whoever; whomever

      人非聖賢，孰能無過 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
      人非圣贤，孰能无过 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

      rén fēi shèngxián, shú néng wú guò [Pinyin]

      People are not sages; who can be without error?

   2. what; what else; whatever

      • 是可忍也，孰不可忍也？ [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

        From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

        Shì kě rěn yě, shú bùkě rěn yě? [Pinyin]

        If he can bear to do this, what may he not bear to do?

   3. which; which one (what among the explicitly or implicitly mentioned)

      • 膾炙與羊棗孰美？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        脍炙与羊枣孰美？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

        Kuàizhì yǔ yángzǎo shú měi? [Pinyin]

        Which is the best, minced meat and broiled meat, or sheep-dates?

      • 漢孰與我大？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
        汉孰与我大？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

        From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

        Hàn shú yǔ wǒ dà? [Pinyin]

        Which one is the larger, Han or us?

• (Hakka) Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) →ISBN.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. which, how, who

• On (unclassified): じゅく (juku)
• Kun: たれ (tare); いずれ (izure)

孰 (eum 숙 (suk))

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孰: Hán Nôm readings: thục

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