殊
shū HSK4

die, different

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 朱 represents the sound.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
朱
朱 Sound component
zhū red pigment

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyu[d]o die; different

說文解字

《說文》:“殊,死也。从歺,朱聲。漢令曰:‘蠻夷長有罪,當殊之。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica