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) 文 (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
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

  • 不肖的東西/不肖的东西
  • 趙不肖/赵不肖

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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