Chinese Character Wiki
夙

sù

early in morning

Pictograph of a person working underneath the moon (夕) in the early morning when the moon is still visible.

Components
丮 iconic component

丮  Iconic component

jǐ

  

catch

Here depicts a person working.

夕 iconic component

夕  Iconic component

xī

  

evening

Evolution

夙 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
夙 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
夙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
夙 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
夙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

夙  

sù

early in morning, dawn; previous; morning; early; long-held; long-cherished

Most common words with 夙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

夙愿

long-cherished wish

夙

morning

夙敌

old foe

夙夜

always

夙兴夜寐

to study diligently

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]uk

sjuwk

sù

early morning


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4303rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+5919

Shuowen

“，早敬也。从丮。持事雖夕不休，早敬者也。，古文夙，从人、。，亦古文夙，从人、。宿从此。”


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